Bah! No need to even waste time with bugmenot, you don't need email verification. I just mashed the keyboard for each field (alsuifdg@fdlgh.fd) and did pretty well.;-)
It's actually going to be called "Windows SharePoint Designer" and will not be aimed at consumers. I'm not allowed to tell you how I know this, but I'm sure you can figure it out;)
...then another $15 or $20 a month to give you access to all the online game services or whatever.
Considering the Xbox Live service costs $49 for 13 months (12 paid, 1 free), do you really think that Sony could get away with charging (what amounts to) $180 to $240 a year for their service? Especially when you factor in that by the time PS3 launches, the 360 will have a much larger catalog of online capable games, not to mention a more opponents. And the Xbox Live service has had a lot of time to mature, with Marketplace and Arcade and all of the stats tracking... It would be a seriously tall order for Sony to churn out an Xbox Live beating service on their first real attempt.
And I was seriously considering buying one of these things, until they starting fucking the little guy with rootkits and DRM. The deserve the PS3 to flop IMO, even if it is a shame for gamers.
I think a "show extensions but don't change/highlight them on renaming" would be the best way to go about things
Microsoft obviously thinks so too, because this is the default behaviour in the current Windows Vista CTP builds. I'm not sure how difficult it could possibly be for them to add this function to XP with a non-critical update.
No, thankfully the flashy UI shuts down when it detects a full screen game running. I can't remember where I read this, but it was related to the whole Halo 2 thing.
And what about being backwards compatible? That's a bonus over the PSP.
Eh? The PSP cannot be backwards compatible by definition! There was nothing before it!
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It really all starts with Hartmut's leaving letter in the mailing list. If you read through, (just use the 'Next Message' link) you'll see the whole discussion/argument unfold.
I'm not sure I agree with you. The main reason the iPod suits me is that it does one thing only, but does it really well. I've been burned too many times with 'integrated gadgets' that follow the jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none pattern.
To take your example, the Walkman Phone just wouldn't cut it for me. I have half filled my 60GB iPod already, and the thought of using an (expensive) Duo card with a max capacity of 1GB just doesn't appeal. I also have a nice digital camera, the Canon PowerShot S60 with a 5MP CCD and a 3.6x Optical Zoom, so a 2MP phone camera with no optical zoom doesn't really do it either. I also have a Motorola PEBL, which I use for phone functions only.
And the thing is, I don't feel the need to carry it all, everywhere I go. I'll carry my camera if I think i'll use it, but certainly not every day. I won't even take my iPod everywhere, because there are some times I just don't need it. I will carry my phone everywhere, but it does a crap job of taking photos anyway. I don't buy the whole "convergence devices" thing.
It is important to note that Giove-A is NOT the 'first satellite in the system', it is only a TEST satellite, for TESTING purposes. As the system stands, no useful navigation can be made with just one satellite (as you need multiple signals to correct errors).
The original intentions of ESA was to make Giove-A a testing satellite providing signals back to ground stations throughout the life of it's 2 year mission. This particular satellite will not be part of the fully functional Galileo system.
On another note, we need a moderation system for articles: -1, Flamebait; -2, Wrong Section; -3, Submitter-knows-fuck-all-about-the-subject.
Some software makers go as far as to tell you to login to an admin account, and disable your anti-virus and firewall!!!
Electronic Arts is particularly bad at that. They produce software that not only requires Admin rights to RUN, but interferes with Antivirus software. Back when I used to run Norton, The Sims would crash on loading. The official answer from EA's Tech Support? Disable Norton and try again. Funnily enough, it works. Now, a company like EA which produces games, has a responsibility to provide software that does not interfere with security software and to provide support advice that does not open up security holes. Especially when the user can't see the holes being exploited from behind a full screen game...
I don't think the PSP really sits in the same category as the iPod: there are just so many differences in their functions.
For one, the video playback is probably cleaner on the iPod than the PSP, despite the bigger screen. Sony have throttled the PSP's video playback even more than the iPod. It doesn't support the native resolution of the screen, it only supports MPEG-4 format video and to top it all off, it requires a bizarre naming scheme.
Audio is where the iPod stands up. The PSP doesn't offer any kind of complex playlist system (ie, Smart Playlists or On-The-Go), it has only four equaliser options, it has no Library function to allow sorting of music by artist/album etc. It also suffers because of storage capacity. Ok, so Duo cards are getting cheaper and more capacious, but they can't compete with a 30GB hard drive, never mind a 60GB, that's in an iPod. The PSPs also have one really annoying fault in the software design in that you cannot play music and do something else at the same time; you can't even go to look at the next song coming up without stopping playback, never mind use the internet browser.
So I don't consider the PSP an iPod killer by any stretch of the imagination. It's a great handheld games console, and has some pretty good titles, but it's even too bulky to be an iPod killer.
While that doesn't seem to be available yet, you can submit a download link for them to analyse. Just search for an existant site and click 'Submit a download'.
I think they'll probably implement your idea (which is damn good in my opinion) once it leaves 'Preview' stages.
"Sony is an R&D and manufacturing juggernaut and could outengineer Apple to build a better iPod."
So why haven't they done it yet? I mean, it's not for lack of trying. They've released 'ipod killer' after 'ipod killer' and Apple has gone from strength to strength. The reason that nothing has 'killed' the iPod is because it is a cool gadget. People want an iPod, not an MP3 player, and thats the main reason why Sony and Creative probably won't be able to 'kill' it for a long time.
Could you not run Windows in virtualisation software like Microsoft's Virtual PC, or VMware Workstation on Mac OSX?
That way you could use your current Windows licence and you'd only need to devote about 6GB to Windows. And you'd avoid mucking about with partitions and formatting NTFS areas of your Mac HFS disk.
On the subject of Personal Benefit, I agree that this is largely the problem with the Slashdot submission system. Everything would function just fine IMO if all submitters had their right to put a return link in the article revoked. Surely, with the design of Slashdot, the "reward" for posting good stories is the positive karma and recognition as a 'good guy' right? I mean, thats what should be there to stop people raking Google News and posting anything and everything, as there'd be so many rejected stories.
Karma, the way I understand it, (and the ability to should louder than others that goes with good karma) is is the reward for being a good guy, an insightful poster, and a good submitter.
Take away the referral link for all submitters and suddenly the motivation for these spammers disappears (they don't get a link, therefore no ad revenue). We'll find the number of spammers drop, and the number of general good posters (and good submissions) will increase. The lifeblood of Slashdot is the users who want to share interesting information with others. Remove the motivation for spammers and/. becomes a hell of a lot more useful and readable to the rest of us.
They used Linux distros known to be as resource hungry as Windows, and installed them with all the "default" options. They know full well that 'default' for Linux is NOT the equivalent of default for Windows XP because of all the extra applications that Linux installs (OpenOffice anyone?).
Slashdot Mirror
You mean like this?
That's what Portable OpenOffice is for.
You were going for +5 Funny... right?
And it's a total pain in the arse if you're giving a Powerpoint presentation.
and virus scanners worm people ...you don't work for McAfee by any chance?
Bah! No need to even waste time with bugmenot, you don't need email verification. I just mashed the keyboard for each field (alsuifdg@fdlgh.fd) and did pretty well. ;-)
It's actually going to be called "Windows SharePoint Designer" and will not be aimed at consumers. I'm not allowed to tell you how I know this, but I'm sure you can figure it out ;)
Mozilla browsers are a damn mess.
Can't disagree with that.. but IE is so bad it's funny!
Couple of screenshots:
Acid2 in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Acid2 in Internet Explorer 6 SP2
MirrorDot have most of the pictures on their version of the article, but I can only get text with Coral Cache.
;)
That's one fried server!
...then another $15 or $20 a month to give you access to all the online game services or whatever.
Considering the Xbox Live service costs $49 for 13 months (12 paid, 1 free), do you really think that Sony could get away with charging (what amounts to) $180 to $240 a year for their service? Especially when you factor in that by the time PS3 launches, the 360 will have a much larger catalog of online capable games, not to mention a more opponents. And the Xbox Live service has had a lot of time to mature, with Marketplace and Arcade and all of the stats tracking... It would be a seriously tall order for Sony to churn out an Xbox Live beating service on their first real attempt.
And I was seriously considering buying one of these things, until they starting fucking the little guy with rootkits and DRM. The deserve the PS3 to flop IMO, even if it is a shame for gamers.
I think a "show extensions but don't change/highlight them on renaming" would be the best way to go about things
Microsoft obviously thinks so too, because this is the default behaviour in the current Windows Vista CTP builds. I'm not sure how difficult it could possibly be for them to add this function to XP with a non-critical update.
No, thankfully the flashy UI shuts down when it detects a full screen game running. I can't remember where I read this, but it was related to the whole Halo 2 thing.
And what about being backwards compatible? That's a bonus over the PSP.
Eh? The PSP cannot be backwards compatible by definition! There was nothing before it!
It really all starts with Hartmut's leaving letter in the mailing list. If you read through, (just use the 'Next Message' link) you'll see the whole discussion/argument unfold.
I'm not sure I agree with you. The main reason the iPod suits me is that it does one thing only, but does it really well. I've been burned too many times with 'integrated gadgets' that follow the jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none pattern.
To take your example, the Walkman Phone just wouldn't cut it for me. I have half filled my 60GB iPod already, and the thought of using an (expensive) Duo card with a max capacity of 1GB just doesn't appeal. I also have a nice digital camera, the Canon PowerShot S60 with a 5MP CCD and a 3.6x Optical Zoom, so a 2MP phone camera with no optical zoom doesn't really do it either. I also have a Motorola PEBL, which I use for phone functions only.
And the thing is, I don't feel the need to carry it all, everywhere I go. I'll carry my camera if I think i'll use it, but certainly not every day. I won't even take my iPod everywhere, because there are some times I just don't need it. I will carry my phone everywhere, but it does a crap job of taking photos anyway. I don't buy the whole "convergence devices" thing.
It is important to note that Giove-A is NOT the 'first satellite in the system', it is only a TEST satellite, for TESTING purposes. As the system stands, no useful navigation can be made with just one satellite (as you need multiple signals to correct errors).
The original intentions of ESA was to make Giove-A a testing satellite providing signals back to ground stations throughout the life of it's 2 year mission. This particular satellite will not be part of the fully functional Galileo system.
On another note, we need a moderation system for articles: -1, Flamebait; -2, Wrong Section; -3, Submitter-knows-fuck-all-about-the-subject.
Some software makers go as far as to tell you to login to an admin account, and disable your anti-virus and firewall!!!
Electronic Arts is particularly bad at that. They produce software that not only requires Admin rights to RUN, but interferes with Antivirus software. Back when I used to run Norton, The Sims would crash on loading. The official answer from EA's Tech Support? Disable Norton and try again. Funnily enough, it works. Now, a company like EA which produces games, has a responsibility to provide software that does not interfere with security software and to provide support advice that does not open up security holes. Especially when the user can't see the holes being exploited from behind a full screen game...
I don't think the PSP really sits in the same category as the iPod: there are just so many differences in their functions.
For one, the video playback is probably cleaner on the iPod than the PSP, despite the bigger screen. Sony have throttled the PSP's video playback even more than the iPod. It doesn't support the native resolution of the screen, it only supports MPEG-4 format video and to top it all off, it requires a bizarre naming scheme.
Audio is where the iPod stands up. The PSP doesn't offer any kind of complex playlist system (ie, Smart Playlists or On-The-Go), it has only four equaliser options, it has no Library function to allow sorting of music by artist/album etc. It also suffers because of storage capacity. Ok, so Duo cards are getting cheaper and more capacious, but they can't compete with a 30GB hard drive, never mind a 60GB, that's in an iPod. The PSPs also have one really annoying fault in the software design in that you cannot play music and do something else at the same time; you can't even go to look at the next song coming up without stopping playback, never mind use the internet browser.
So I don't consider the PSP an iPod killer by any stretch of the imagination. It's a great handheld games console, and has some pretty good titles, but it's even too bulky to be an iPod killer.
While that doesn't seem to be available yet, you can submit a download link for them to analyse. Just search for an existant site and click 'Submit a download'.
I think they'll probably implement your idea (which is damn good in my opinion) once it leaves 'Preview' stages.
"Sony is an R&D and manufacturing juggernaut and could outengineer Apple to build a better iPod."
So why haven't they done it yet? I mean, it's not for lack of trying. They've released 'ipod killer' after 'ipod killer' and Apple has gone from strength to strength. The reason that nothing has 'killed' the iPod is because it is a cool gadget. People want an iPod, not an MP3 player, and thats the main reason why Sony and Creative probably won't be able to 'kill' it for a long time.
I agree, I didn't buy an iPod to listen to radio.... I could have saved shitloads by buying _a radio_ instead. I bought an MP3 player.
I was replying to the "No, they can't", not the "Radio sucks anyway".
Never heard of this then have you?
Could you not run Windows in virtualisation software like Microsoft's Virtual PC, or VMware Workstation on Mac OSX?
That way you could use your current Windows licence and you'd only need to devote about 6GB to Windows. And you'd avoid mucking about with partitions and formatting NTFS areas of your Mac HFS disk.
On the subject of Personal Benefit, I agree that this is largely the problem with the Slashdot submission system. Everything would function just fine IMO if all submitters had their right to put a return link in the article revoked. Surely, with the design of Slashdot, the "reward" for posting good stories is the positive karma and recognition as a 'good guy' right? I mean, thats what should be there to stop people raking Google News and posting anything and everything, as there'd be so many rejected stories.
/. becomes a hell of a lot more useful and readable to the rest of us.
Karma, the way I understand it, (and the ability to should louder than others that goes with good karma) is is the reward for being a good guy, an insightful poster, and a good submitter.
Take away the referral link for all submitters and suddenly the motivation for these spammers disappears (they don't get a link, therefore no ad revenue). We'll find the number of spammers drop, and the number of general good posters (and good submissions) will increase. The lifeblood of Slashdot is the users who want to share interesting information with others. Remove the motivation for spammers and
They used Linux distros known to be as resource hungry as Windows, and installed them with all the "default" options. They know full well that 'default' for Linux is NOT the equivalent of default for Windows XP because of all the extra applications that Linux installs (OpenOffice anyone?).