You have to pick your finger up? That's crap. Maybe my girlfriend's Toshiba m205 spoiled me, but that touch pad knows how to scroll. The right-hand side of the touch pad mouse acts as a scroll wheel. If you drag your finger and hold, it continues scrolling at a speed proportional to the distance your finger dragged, until you raise the finger. Done that way, I'd prefer the strip to the wheel, which is an awkward motion that's bound to give me arthritis.
I've found the fifth generation iPod to be a very solid product. Needing to use iTunes to add music is a weakness, but even on Windows it's a good program, so it's not a big weakness. Battery life could be better but I've never had it run out on me on the road; just be close to a charger if you're planning on watching more than a few hours of video. I used to take it to school and watch Doctor Who between classes, then charge it over USB during classes with computers handy. I could get through several episodes before it died. The meter runs down faster than the battery, but resets itself to accuracy when I power cycle or change through the menus.
As far as sound quality goes, I've got no complaints. It sounds great with my headphones (I like the Rio Carbon's, and TDK makes a great set with an in-line volume controller), great over an FM transmitter or through the tape adapter in my car, and great on my home system, even pumped up. I wouldn't DJ at a big club with it, but mostly because you can't scratch. If they let you scratch the audio with that nice wheel, I'd be in heaven.
One of my favorites was left out: the old Fairchild system. I only came up with one controller picture via google images. This is from the faq the image came from:
If you have ever seen one of the controllers, you know that they are unique
in their design. They kind of resemble a dynamite detonator, with a
control knob that had 8 basic movements: up/down/left/right/twist
left/twist right/pull up/pull down. The controller worked on contacts,
somewhat like the Atari 2600. The inside of the controller featured a
metal ring that surrounded the stick that accomplished movement on the
screen.
When racism happens to accompany a real problem, the people who'd rather not see it solved cry "racism!" to make the pasty white boys shrink bank into their basements for fear of looking bad. I'd mention a few examples, but I'm already courting bad karma just by opening my mouth near the word racism!
Linux has kindof an image problem, don't you think? Apple's slogan is "it just works" and Linux has "things have improved since then." I see that a whole lot, but I see just as many "it's still obnoxiously hard" posts as I did a year ago. Is the image that far behind reality? Which distro(s) would you recommend to change my mind with?
My desktop searchin' gets done by Candy Labs' AppRocket. I honestly don't know how the features compare, because after I downloaded it, I killed Google Desktop and I haven't tried anything else since.
Not with a Ralink RT2500 PCMCIA card. I tried Lindows, Knoppix, Ubuntu, Xandros, and Gentoo, with an old Dell and a Toshiba Satellite 2800-something. I do use WPA, but turned it off specifically to make using linux easier. There are native drivers for that card so I tried them. Which distro failed which way is a little fuzzy a year later, but a couple wouldn't even compile the drivers; where it did compile, it didn't work. I started with the Dell, and I tried ndiswrapper next. When neither worked, I tried them both on the Toshiba, and no dice. Needless to say, I think, the card works just fine under Windows XP.
I am well aware that this is a factor of support and not the innate quality of the operating systems. If it weren't for issues like this I'd be running Xandros right now--but the fact is, without decent hardware support, linux loses. It's a hassle to research every last component to make sure it will run under linux, and then find out that even though it's allegedly supported, for some reason beyond my ken, it just won't work.
Back In The Day when I had more patience for that sort of thing, I was building my own Slackware kernels and gccing little games and things. I'm no guru but I've got a decent handle on things. I've migrated towards other hobbies lately and I'm not the 'expert' I was ten years ago, but if I can't make it work you can be damn sure my grandma can't.
I've had some serious bad luck with my SB Live cards. GTA San Andreas in particular didn't like the drivers, which were hard to get to install properly. Creative's install let XP's "emulated" sound drivers run the show, and their own drivers (which I got to install after a load of fussing) crashed nearly as often. I was told time and time again on help forums that I ought to just buy their $25,000 (approx) sound card, which, it was claimed, actually worked.
I'd be willing to argue that GTA is art, or within a stone's throw of the line. The storyline is compelling and detailed, full of betrayal and fun stuff like that; the graphics are detailed and interesting, with sprawling landscapes full of stuff (San Andreas more so than earlier incarnations); the interace and controls are comfortable and unproblematic (some would argue, but I like 'em). These are not defining factors of art in general, but for a game, I consider them staples.
What I really think qualifies the series as art is the trademark GTA take on popular culture, with its cynical advertisements, varied and interesting radio djs, and charicatured actors. There are a lot of similar games, but GTA's stylish dark cultural parody elevates what is otherwise a game about murdering people into something that at least resembles art, if it isn't.
How is it irrelevant, again? The question is about replacing Windows boxen with Linux, and the linked article is about replacing a Windows box with Linux. While it doesn't say anything about support, the point is that it appeared transparent enough (to casual? observation, at least) that the boss couldn't tell the difference. Sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.
I had to dig a little to find the main main page, because Google didn't come up with a direct link. It's the second hit on yahoo, both searches with "nethack vulture's eye" as the keywords. I didn't try any other engines.
I haven't had a lot of time to play with it, but the first twenty minutes went well (until I fell in a pit). There are a couple minor differences in the default keyboard setups, but for the most part I was able to install it and just play.
...but I'm out of mod points, so I've got to use with my words: Tycho and Gabe are great and if I were to say why, I'd just be repeating the parent post. I had the opportunity to play Burning Wheel and Munchkin with Tycho a couple years ago at a con in New Jersey (ubercon I think?) and (as far as I can tell/I am not a psychologist/etc) he's about as genuine and decent a person as you could hope to meet. I tend to go the Toys for Tots route because I like to donate educational toys, but I'd feel totally confident giving Child's Play my money.
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You have to pick your finger up? That's crap. Maybe my girlfriend's Toshiba m205 spoiled me, but that touch pad knows how to scroll. The right-hand side of the touch pad mouse acts as a scroll wheel. If you drag your finger and hold, it continues scrolling at a speed proportional to the distance your finger dragged, until you raise the finger. Done that way, I'd prefer the strip to the wheel, which is an awkward motion that's bound to give me arthritis.
I've found the fifth generation iPod to be a very solid product. Needing to use iTunes to add music is a weakness, but even on Windows it's a good program, so it's not a big weakness. Battery life could be better but I've never had it run out on me on the road; just be close to a charger if you're planning on watching more than a few hours of video. I used to take it to school and watch Doctor Who between classes, then charge it over USB during classes with computers handy. I could get through several episodes before it died. The meter runs down faster than the battery, but resets itself to accuracy when I power cycle or change through the menus.
As far as sound quality goes, I've got no complaints. It sounds great with my headphones (I like the Rio Carbon's, and TDK makes a great set with an in-line volume controller), great over an FM transmitter or through the tape adapter in my car, and great on my home system, even pumped up. I wouldn't DJ at a big club with it, but mostly because you can't scratch. If they let you scratch the audio with that nice wheel, I'd be in heaven.
One of my favorites was left out: the old Fairchild system. I only came up with one controller picture via google images. This is from the faq the image came from: If you have ever seen one of the controllers, you know that they are unique in their design. They kind of resemble a dynamite detonator, with a control knob that had 8 basic movements: up/down/left/right/twist left/twist right/pull up/pull down. The controller worked on contacts, somewhat like the Atari 2600. The inside of the controller featured a metal ring that surrounded the stick that accomplished movement on the screen.
When racism happens to accompany a real problem, the people who'd rather not see it solved cry "racism!" to make the pasty white boys shrink bank into their basements for fear of looking bad. I'd mention a few examples, but I'm already courting bad karma just by opening my mouth near the word racism!
Just one more example where a global economy screws over legitimate consumers.
Linux has kindof an image problem, don't you think? Apple's slogan is "it just works" and Linux has "things have improved since then." I see that a whole lot, but I see just as many "it's still obnoxiously hard" posts as I did a year ago. Is the image that far behind reality? Which distro(s) would you recommend to change my mind with?
My desktop searchin' gets done by Candy Labs' AppRocket. I honestly don't know how the features compare, because after I downloaded it, I killed Google Desktop and I haven't tried anything else since.
Excuse me, Linspire. Which I hated based on the new name alone.
Not with a Ralink RT2500 PCMCIA card. I tried Lindows, Knoppix, Ubuntu, Xandros, and Gentoo, with an old Dell and a Toshiba Satellite 2800-something. I do use WPA, but turned it off specifically to make using linux easier. There are native drivers for that card so I tried them. Which distro failed which way is a little fuzzy a year later, but a couple wouldn't even compile the drivers; where it did compile, it didn't work. I started with the Dell, and I tried ndiswrapper next. When neither worked, I tried them both on the Toshiba, and no dice. Needless to say, I think, the card works just fine under Windows XP.
I am well aware that this is a factor of support and not the innate quality of the operating systems. If it weren't for issues like this I'd be running Xandros right now--but the fact is, without decent hardware support, linux loses. It's a hassle to research every last component to make sure it will run under linux, and then find out that even though it's allegedly supported, for some reason beyond my ken, it just won't work.
Back In The Day when I had more patience for that sort of thing, I was building my own Slackware kernels and gccing little games and things. I'm no guru but I've got a decent handle on things. I've migrated towards other hobbies lately and I'm not the 'expert' I was ten years ago, but if I can't make it work you can be damn sure my grandma can't.
But a closed mushroomscape, shooting turtles at koopa troopas? Hm...
Innovative games like THIRTY MARIO TITLES and FIFTY-THOUSAND POKEMON SEQUELS?
I was merely approximating. It might have been a little less, but it was definitely significantly more than I was willing to pay for a sound card.
I've had some serious bad luck with my SB Live cards. GTA San Andreas in particular didn't like the drivers, which were hard to get to install properly. Creative's install let XP's "emulated" sound drivers run the show, and their own drivers (which I got to install after a load of fussing) crashed nearly as often. I was told time and time again on help forums that I ought to just buy their $25,000 (approx) sound card, which, it was claimed, actually worked.
"Streamed" goes to a program/plugin and isn't saved, "downloaded" goes to disk.
I'd be willing to argue that GTA is art, or within a stone's throw of the line. The storyline is compelling and detailed, full of betrayal and fun stuff like that; the graphics are detailed and interesting, with sprawling landscapes full of stuff (San Andreas more so than earlier incarnations); the interace and controls are comfortable and unproblematic (some would argue, but I like 'em). These are not defining factors of art in general, but for a game, I consider them staples.
What I really think qualifies the series as art is the trademark GTA take on popular culture, with its cynical advertisements, varied and interesting radio djs, and charicatured actors. There are a lot of similar games, but GTA's stylish dark cultural parody elevates what is otherwise a game about murdering people into something that at least resembles art, if it isn't.
How is it irrelevant, again? The question is about replacing Windows boxen with Linux, and the linked article is about replacing a Windows box with Linux. While it doesn't say anything about support, the point is that it appeared transparent enough (to casual? observation, at least) that the boss couldn't tell the difference. Sounds like a ringing endorsement to me.
I've been wondering the samn damn thing for like four years, now.
I was initially outraged by this whole affair, but after I saw this list of affected titles, I decided folks got what was comin' to 'em.
"The truth" was a solid defense against libel claims?
But she has to prove it, and they've got the bigger pocket books...
Fester's Quest.
...any fool could tell you the word you're looking for is unregardless.
It's hard to convert the heathens when you won't talk to them.
...I guess nobody cares what the old crackpot's up to, anymore.
Here's to hoping, anyway.
I had to dig a little to find the main main page, because Google didn't come up with a direct link. It's the second hit on yahoo, both searches with "nethack vulture's eye" as the keywords. I didn't try any other engines.
I haven't had a lot of time to play with it, but the first twenty minutes went well (until I fell in a pit). There are a couple minor differences in the default keyboard setups, but for the most part I was able to install it and just play.
...but I'm out of mod points, so I've got to use with my words: Tycho and Gabe are great and if I were to say why, I'd just be repeating the parent post. I had the opportunity to play Burning Wheel and Munchkin with Tycho a couple years ago at a con in New Jersey (ubercon I think?) and (as far as I can tell/I am not a psychologist/etc) he's about as genuine and decent a person as you could hope to meet. I tend to go the Toys for Tots route because I like to donate educational toys, but I'd feel totally confident giving Child's Play my money.