(what, are you going to post on a forum "well, I tweaked this and this...")
And why not? A lot of hackers *enjoy* troubleshooting that sort of thing. I don't think you could *expect* support, but you could probably still find a lot of people who would be genuinely interested in helping you just to see what sort of changes you've made, and why this is causing a problem...
Still has to be the distro with the stupidest name. I understand where it came from, but it's awkward to say and just *looks* clunky. And no, I'm not putting too much weight on this (hell, you could get rid of most of the references to the name with find and tr), but it's a thought...
It should work brilliantly if you can scan for viruses without accessing the hard disk (or, alternately, if your game doesn't need the hard disk). That was the grandparent's point--when you bring heavy I/O use into the picture, which is millions (literally, *millions*) of times slower than the CPU, dual cores don't really help you much.
If you are fantatical about your body I'd avoid sitting infront of a computer, drop your calorie intack below 1,000 a day and pick a career where you are kept physically active for 8 to 10 hours a day.
Um... The USDA uses a 2000 Calorie reference diet. That's for a normal lifestyle. If you put eight to ten hours of physical activity in and only consume 1000 Calories, most people are not gonna last long...
I was pretty impressed with the ReactOS tour until I saw their list of supported "tools":
* Nero Burning ROM
* WinRAR
* Flash Player
Um... If this is what they consider "tools", I think they're emulating Windows a bit too closely... Although, truthfully, I'm pretty impressed by the undertaking and wish them the best of luck. I'm almost tempted to try it.
Having open source windows apps available has been, for me, a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it brought me to Debian. On the other hand, I first installed StarOffice (clearly--from it still being StarOffice then) years ago. It took me *years* to get to a Linux system. And I'm still dual-booting, and will be for the foreseeable future, largely due to some older games and my home recording software (n-Track Studio, which I heartily recommend if you need something better than Audacity but don't want to shell out the big bucks for ProTools or Cubase).
I know there's some recording software on Linux (I've been meaning to check it out), but I'm fairly comfortable with n-Track at this point. It's not free, but it's a small independent piece of software with an awesome developper (I lost my reg key in a drive crash and contacted him, and he was able to send it to me though it'd been a year or two since I registered) and a strong userbase...
Actually, I guess to really have the impetus to move to open source, it helps to have to deal with bloated, sloppy, obtrusive software written and distributed by unhelpful mega-corporations. Which seems to be the trend...
I see where you're coming from, but don't the words "slippery slope" mean anything to you? I see as one of the possible outcomes of current foreign policy the complete destruction of the Middle East (Rice is already talking about taking on Syria and Iran, although on the other hand, Iran's talking smack about Israel is pretty scary--and Syria's always been pretty scary). And (if we ignore the ethical implications of that) that will *totally* unbalance our standing in the world community. Sure, it's not like France is gonna invade us, but do we really want a world where America is standing over the smoldering crater that used to be the Middle East, snarling "Alright, who's next?" I expect you'll tell me the only alternative is the converse, where the Taliban comes back into power and is dancing about on three hundred million U.S. graves, but as a human being, I find it hard to believe those are the only two alternatives...
Also, "strength and power and threat of annihilation" may be the only thing some countries respect, but many terrorists don't respect even that since they hardly exist in any way that can constitute a target for that annihilation. That's really the root of the problem. We don't have a real target in this war. I think the key part of any long-term solution is to curb the U.S. behavior that inspires terrorists in the first place. Some of these things we cannot (and should not) give up, and we should fight to protect them. But I think the U.S. does have a lot of room for improvement.
Or, in the off case you're serious, I'd like to point out that we *can't* win a war by eradicating everyone who sees America as an irresponsible and arrogant world citizen. I'm not saying the solution is to go hug them, but you can't treat life like a game of Counter-Strike.
Hmm, that's a shame. One of my favorite parts of VC after figuring out this trick was doing it before completing a single mission, and then heading into the Army Base to steal the Hunter (contrary to what most people will tell you, you don't *need* the cop uniform to do this--you just need another chopper, careful observation of the troop locations, and a bit of luck) and using it on pretty much every mission I could. The phone assassination missions especially benefited from this approach--that's right chump, run away on your moped, see how far you get when I come after you in an attack helicopter...
Um, the Dodo was in III (not in VC) and my brother got quite good at flying it. And there is a seaplane in VC that is much more flyable than III's Dodo (although choppers are much more versatile so there's not much of a point in using it). You're right about the choppers, though...
I like the freedom and simplicity of the original; the unadulterated sleaze in the story and missions (III & VC seem so polished by comparison--haven't played SA yet); the announcer--including the total mayhem bonuses of GTA2 (I fondly remember being recognized as a "Cop Killer!" and causing a "Medical Emergency!"); GTA2's awesome fire truck--you know the one I'm talking about; the train station and frying the passengers; the car bombs (III & VC are nerfed); the multiplayer; the subtlety of the humor (III was pretty good still, but VC got really old after a while--its humor wouldn't look out of place next to the word "ham-fisted" in the dictionary).
On the other hand, the third game was an incredible leap to 3D; introduced free saves (God how I hated the total inability to save in the first GTA and the very very expensive saving in GTA2); gave us choppers, planes, and useable boats; introduced a more sensible health system (single-bullet-death sucks--never mind that you could dodge them); a real story (okay, so it's not epic writing, but the original games had about as much story as DOOM); the kick-ass jumps the 3D engine allows (the 2D "Insane Stunt Bonus!"es were nifty, but had no real substance); and the way the 3D aspect really opens up the world--I figured out how to get to the third island in Vice City before doing a single mission by jumping off a bridge onto a boat. I did this by myself by observing the game world, and not trying to "hack" anything. This wasn't cheating--it was a genuine trick that let you move bypass some of the roadblocks present and move to new sections of the city early. The thing is, I doubt the designers envisioned this. I think that this is possible because the engine represents the game world in such impressive detail that things like this just arise by themselves.
In short, the original has classic moments that the 3D games can't replicate (and some that they sadly just seem unwilling to bring back). The 3D games have addressed a lot of the problems of the originals and added incredible depth. I love both. I probably won't even *start* SA for a few months, but I got to 100% in Vice City and enjoyed every minute of it (well, almost every minute).
They are most certainly *not* PS2 ports. The original GTA was on the PC first. III, VC, and SA came out on the PS as prototypes. I'm happy to wait for the real versions to hit the PC.
Sure, but that happens with any compiler. It's less of an issue with Free ones because it's not as big a deal when you're "locked into" something Free. I recently ran across this, the Mozilla C++ Portability Guide, and I was really surprised how anyone can jump through all those hoops to satisfy all these different compilers, and still write such a great app.
You worked on 8 milliHertz machines? Dude, that's hardcore. Although since you were waiting over two minutes for each instruction, I think you should've seriously considered just picking up a pencil.
I, for one, am shocked. I was under the impression that the Patriot Act gave the FBI such broad powers that it didn't leave us any rights for the government to abuse.
I don't see anything in there that they're clearly violating... Then again, IANAL, so it doesn't really matter what I think. I hope this turns out in their favor.
Because the government is supposed to work for the public, so anything they produce should be public domain.
Um, no. Absolutely not. I don't think that, for example, a random corporation should go around co-opting the Presidential seal--which they could do if it were in the public domain. However, the Onion is doing satire, and their use of the seal is perfectly valid.
Look at post above yours, Nqdiddles: Irfanview rocks. It's more of a viewer than an editor, but has support for all sorts of basic editing, like crop, rotate, filter (a nice basic set built in, and I believe there are more through plugins), resizing (by percentage or by setting width/height in pixels/inches/cm, with option to preserve aspect ratio), and various other basic operations. And it's pretty damn fast.
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Actually, the next one has only 212 digits...
The right not to have to censor potentially offensive comments in his guestbook is part of Dwyer's right to free speech.
And why not? A lot of hackers *enjoy* troubleshooting that sort of thing. I don't think you could *expect* support, but you could probably still find a lot of people who would be genuinely interested in helping you just to see what sort of changes you've made, and why this is causing a problem...
Still has to be the distro with the stupidest name. I understand where it came from, but it's awkward to say and just *looks* clunky. And no, I'm not putting too much weight on this (hell, you could get rid of most of the references to the name with find and tr), but it's a thought...
Delusional wacko... or Blues Brother?
Oh wait... I guess you're right.
Sounds like social-studies-major talk to me...
It should work brilliantly if you can scan for viruses without accessing the hard disk (or, alternately, if your game doesn't need the hard disk). That was the grandparent's point--when you bring heavy I/O use into the picture, which is millions (literally, *millions*) of times slower than the CPU, dual cores don't really help you much.
Fictitious drink poll? Slurm! I want Slurm! Wait... Was Cowboy Neal an option on that poll, too? Ew...
Um... The USDA uses a 2000 Calorie reference diet. That's for a normal lifestyle. If you put eight to ten hours of physical activity in and only consume 1000 Calories, most people are not gonna last long...
I was pretty impressed with the ReactOS tour until I saw their list of supported "tools":
* Nero Burning ROM
* WinRAR
* Flash Player
Um... If this is what they consider "tools", I think they're emulating Windows a bit too closely... Although, truthfully, I'm pretty impressed by the undertaking and wish them the best of luck. I'm almost tempted to try it.
Exactly. Is being able to look at the source only if you sign an NDA enough? That fits under grandparent's definition, no?
Having open source windows apps available has been, for me, a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it brought me to Debian. On the other hand, I first installed StarOffice (clearly--from it still being StarOffice then) years ago. It took me *years* to get to a Linux system. And I'm still dual-booting, and will be for the foreseeable future, largely due to some older games and my home recording software (n-Track Studio, which I heartily recommend if you need something better than Audacity but don't want to shell out the big bucks for ProTools or Cubase).
I know there's some recording software on Linux (I've been meaning to check it out), but I'm fairly comfortable with n-Track at this point. It's not free, but it's a small independent piece of software with an awesome developper (I lost my reg key in a drive crash and contacted him, and he was able to send it to me though it'd been a year or two since I registered) and a strong userbase...
Actually, I guess to really have the impetus to move to open source, it helps to have to deal with bloated, sloppy, obtrusive software written and distributed by unhelpful mega-corporations. Which seems to be the trend...
I see where you're coming from, but don't the words "slippery slope" mean anything to you? I see as one of the possible outcomes of current foreign policy the complete destruction of the Middle East (Rice is already talking about taking on Syria and Iran, although on the other hand, Iran's talking smack about Israel is pretty scary--and Syria's always been pretty scary). And (if we ignore the ethical implications of that) that will *totally* unbalance our standing in the world community. Sure, it's not like France is gonna invade us, but do we really want a world where America is standing over the smoldering crater that used to be the Middle East, snarling "Alright, who's next?" I expect you'll tell me the only alternative is the converse, where the Taliban comes back into power and is dancing about on three hundred million U.S. graves, but as a human being, I find it hard to believe those are the only two alternatives...
Also, "strength and power and threat of annihilation" may be the only thing some countries respect, but many terrorists don't respect even that since they hardly exist in any way that can constitute a target for that annihilation. That's really the root of the problem. We don't have a real target in this war. I think the key part of any long-term solution is to curb the U.S. behavior that inspires terrorists in the first place. Some of these things we cannot (and should not) give up, and we should fight to protect them. But I think the U.S. does have a lot of room for improvement.
First rate trolling, sir. Congratulations.
Or, in the off case you're serious, I'd like to point out that we *can't* win a war by eradicating everyone who sees America as an irresponsible and arrogant world citizen. I'm not saying the solution is to go hug them, but you can't treat life like a game of Counter-Strike.
Hmm, that's a shame. One of my favorite parts of VC after figuring out this trick was doing it before completing a single mission, and then heading into the Army Base to steal the Hunter (contrary to what most people will tell you, you don't *need* the cop uniform to do this--you just need another chopper, careful observation of the troop locations, and a bit of luck) and using it on pretty much every mission I could. The phone assassination missions especially benefited from this approach--that's right chump, run away on your moped, see how far you get when I come after you in an attack helicopter...
Um, the Dodo was in III (not in VC) and my brother got quite good at flying it. And there is a seaplane in VC that is much more flyable than III's Dodo (although choppers are much more versatile so there's not much of a point in using it). You're right about the choppers, though...
*raises hand*
I like the freedom and simplicity of the original; the unadulterated sleaze in the story and missions (III & VC seem so polished by comparison--haven't played SA yet); the announcer--including the total mayhem bonuses of GTA2 (I fondly remember being recognized as a "Cop Killer!" and causing a "Medical Emergency!"); GTA2's awesome fire truck--you know the one I'm talking about; the train station and frying the passengers; the car bombs (III & VC are nerfed); the multiplayer; the subtlety of the humor (III was pretty good still, but VC got really old after a while--its humor wouldn't look out of place next to the word "ham-fisted" in the dictionary).
On the other hand, the third game was an incredible leap to 3D; introduced free saves (God how I hated the total inability to save in the first GTA and the very very expensive saving in GTA2); gave us choppers, planes, and useable boats; introduced a more sensible health system (single-bullet-death sucks--never mind that you could dodge them); a real story (okay, so it's not epic writing, but the original games had about as much story as DOOM); the kick-ass jumps the 3D engine allows (the 2D "Insane Stunt Bonus!"es were nifty, but had no real substance); and the way the 3D aspect really opens up the world--I figured out how to get to the third island in Vice City before doing a single mission by jumping off a bridge onto a boat. I did this by myself by observing the game world, and not trying to "hack" anything. This wasn't cheating--it was a genuine trick that let you move bypass some of the roadblocks present and move to new sections of the city early. The thing is, I doubt the designers envisioned this. I think that this is possible because the engine represents the game world in such impressive detail that things like this just arise by themselves.
In short, the original has classic moments that the 3D games can't replicate (and some that they sadly just seem unwilling to bring back). The 3D games have addressed a lot of the problems of the originals and added incredible depth. I love both. I probably won't even *start* SA for a few months, but I got to 100% in Vice City and enjoyed every minute of it (well, almost every minute).
lets face it, all the other GTAs are PS2 ports.
They are most certainly *not* PS2 ports. The original GTA was on the PC first. III, VC, and SA came out on the PS as prototypes. I'm happy to wait for the real versions to hit the PC.
Sure, but that happens with any compiler. It's less of an issue with Free ones because it's not as big a deal when you're "locked into" something Free. I recently ran across this, the Mozilla C++ Portability Guide, and I was really surprised how anyone can jump through all those hoops to satisfy all these different compilers, and still write such a great app.
You worked on 8 milliHertz machines? Dude, that's hardcore. Although since you were waiting over two minutes for each instruction, I think you should've seriously considered just picking up a pencil.
Since when do chefs wear stove pipe hats? TFA is spreading FUD about chef headgear.
I, for one, am shocked. I was under the impression that the Patriot Act gave the FBI such broad powers that it didn't leave us any rights for the government to abuse.
I don't see anything in there that they're clearly violating... Then again, IANAL, so it doesn't really matter what I think. I hope this turns out in their favor.
Because the government is supposed to work for the public, so anything they produce should be public domain.
Um, no. Absolutely not. I don't think that, for example, a random corporation should go around co-opting the Presidential seal--which they could do if it were in the public domain. However, the Onion is doing satire, and their use of the seal is perfectly valid.
Look at post above yours, Nqdiddles: Irfanview rocks. It's more of a viewer than an editor, but has support for all sorts of basic editing, like crop, rotate, filter (a nice basic set built in, and I believe there are more through plugins), resizing (by percentage or by setting width/height in pixels/inches/cm, with option to preserve aspect ratio), and various other basic operations. And it's pretty damn fast.