Never thought I had dyslexia, never imagined I had problems reading, but holy crap reading a page in anti-dyslexia fonts like this one http://www.pixelscript.net/gilldyslexic/ is like all the words leap off the page making sudden sense in an instant.
I wonder how much simply the font weight (line thickness) affects here. For example, on Windows, try how much the "semi-bold" variant (included in the font) of Segoe UI makes it nicer to read.
Yeah, I found that trick too. Kind of crude hack though, as it apparently just means running the LCD in a non-native downscaled resolution, which would make everything blurry.
Just yesterday I installed the final version of Windows 8 from DreamSpark to a netbook just for fun. The result? It actually ran smooth, but none of the Metro apps could be run due to the 1024x600 resolution. Not a big loss, but I was slightly surprised that they actually completely skipped us netbook-connoisseurs.
As a sidenote, it was funny how in W8 many of the texts have been changed to a casual, "user-friendly" style. "While we set up your stuff, please enjoy a pizza. Meanwhile we'll send some info to Microsoft, but you can change this later."
I think you can already pull DPI from EDID information. However it requires a lot of coding to make the scaling work through the OS and apps properly, so it's not exactly that easy.
That wasn't the case with Windows 7. Service Pack 1 was mostly just a wrap-up of the updates released so far. By the way, I wonder if SP2 is around the corner?
It would probably be next to impossible to write an entire modern operating system, web browser, or word processor in assembly language.
Very hard, but maybe not next to impossible. MenuetOS is written in assembly, Rollercoaster Tycoon is written too. If we had a large and competent development team in a big software house, I suppose it would be possible to make a full OS, browser or word proc in bare assembly. Not that it would be feasible or anything though.
When he runs strings against full.img and finds "/home/mikko/release_p125/kernel/linux-2.4.17_mvl21/include/linux/dcache.h", Mikko is a popular Finnish men's name. So possibly some Finn was involved in creation of the phone.
This is the problem with desktop Linux- it doesn't do anything BETTER than Windows. I mean, what's the "killer app" for desktop Linux? I can't think of one. Lack of viruses and stability are nice, no question, but aren't really enough to make up for the lack of compelling apps that are better than their Windows equivalents.
A big plus for desktop Linux is that you get a lot of good apps out of box, for no cost, and they can be automatically upgraded along with the rest of the OS.
One area that definitely deserves to be mentioned is all the virtual studio gear such as VST plugins, audio players and such. They often try to mimic real-life counterparts. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it at least it creates a bit mismatched overall look.
The Windows 8 UI is too minimalist. The flat squares look dull and amateurish. The Aero interface has just the right amount of little extra spice here and there.
My theory has been that the investment and complexity for pulling an even mightier console is already so large that you can't do it that so often any more. However I too am surprised how long we have been going on with the PS3 / Xbox 360 generation.
I would have just added one octet to the front of the IP address, such as 255.255.255.255.255.
Then we could additionally agree that 0.x.x.x.x would be somehow bridged to the respective address in IPv4 world. However you couldn't access the higher hosts from IPv4 without moving to the new addressing scheme.
I've not got to play with SSD drive yet - what's the weight comparison to an HDD? Do they weigh more than the extra three cells?
2.5" SSDs and HDDs both weigh around 100 grams, with the SSD probably being 10-20g lighter. A desktop 3.5" HDD however weighs around 700 grams, but there the weight is usually not a concern.
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You could have been just a notch friendlier, you know.
So what? He was only talking about his own experience.
Never thought I had dyslexia, never imagined I had problems reading, but holy crap reading a page in anti-dyslexia fonts like this one http://www.pixelscript.net/gilldyslexic/ is like all the words leap off the page making sudden sense in an instant.
I wonder how much simply the font weight (line thickness) affects here. For example, on Windows, try how much the "semi-bold" variant (included in the font) of Segoe UI makes it nicer to read.
Pretty much everyone these days has a machine that can run WoW without a dedicated graphics card.
Yeah, I found that trick too. Kind of crude hack though, as it apparently just means running the LCD in a non-native downscaled resolution, which would make everything blurry.
Just yesterday I installed the final version of Windows 8 from DreamSpark to a netbook just for fun. The result? It actually ran smooth, but none of the Metro apps could be run due to the 1024x600 resolution. Not a big loss, but I was slightly surprised that they actually completely skipped us netbook-connoisseurs.
As a sidenote, it was funny how in W8 many of the texts have been changed to a casual, "user-friendly" style. "While we set up your stuff, please enjoy a pizza. Meanwhile we'll send some info to Microsoft, but you can change this later."
I think you can already pull DPI from EDID information. However it requires a lot of coding to make the scaling work through the OS and apps properly, so it's not exactly that easy.
until SP1.
That wasn't the case with Windows 7. Service Pack 1 was mostly just a wrap-up of the updates released so far. By the way, I wonder if SP2 is around the corner?
How did it happen? It's very rare that software destroys hardware.
Then they ran some surveys and found people don't use the Start menu anymore. So they took it out completely. Brilliant, isn't it?
Maybe, but what they just did was to transform it into a clunky full screen version. Not very brilliant solution, that.
This is a reason why I generally avoid using mirrors.
The parent has a point. It should be made clear that people destroying other people's data actually are sick fatass losers.
At first peek at the title I thought this was about the Ubuntu dash. *facepalm*
It would probably be next to impossible to write an entire modern operating system, web browser, or word processor in assembly language.
Very hard, but maybe not next to impossible. MenuetOS is written in assembly, Rollercoaster Tycoon is written too. If we had a large and competent development team in a big software house, I suppose it would be possible to make a full OS, browser or word proc in bare assembly. Not that it would be feasible or anything though.
I would say it's like having sex without a condom with a long-term partner who you trust not to carry diseases.
Yes, that avoids the problem. I have been using the same workaround (HP 6910p laptop).
When he runs strings against full.img and finds "/home/mikko/release_p125/kernel/linux-2.4.17_mvl21/include/linux/dcache.h", Mikko is a popular Finnish men's name. So possibly some Finn was involved in creation of the phone.
This is the problem with desktop Linux- it doesn't do anything BETTER than Windows. I mean, what's the "killer app" for desktop Linux? I can't think of one. Lack of viruses and stability are nice, no question, but aren't really enough to make up for the lack of compelling apps that are better than their Windows equivalents.
A big plus for desktop Linux is that you get a lot of good apps out of box, for no cost, and they can be automatically upgraded along with the rest of the OS.
One area that definitely deserves to be mentioned is all the virtual studio gear such as VST plugins, audio players and such. They often try to mimic real-life counterparts. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it at least it creates a bit mismatched overall look.
The Windows 8 UI is too minimalist. The flat squares look dull and amateurish. The Aero interface has just the right amount of little extra spice here and there.
My theory has been that the investment and complexity for pulling an even mightier console is already so large that you can't do it that so often any more. However I too am surprised how long we have been going on with the PS3 / Xbox 360 generation.
I would have just added one octet to the front of the IP address, such as 255.255.255.255.255.
Then we could additionally agree that 0.x.x.x.x would be somehow bridged to the respective address in IPv4 world. However you couldn't access the higher hosts from IPv4 without moving to the new addressing scheme.
Hey, it wouldn't be Slashdot without using a some extreme counterexample to try to refute the argument.
I've not got to play with SSD drive yet - what's the weight comparison to an HDD? Do they weigh more than the extra three cells?
2.5" SSDs and HDDs both weigh around 100 grams, with the SSD probably being 10-20g lighter. A desktop 3.5" HDD however weighs around 700 grams, but there the weight is usually not a concern.
Since the first iPhone launch, Apple is now nearing 100 million total units sold. It blows my mind to think how many of these things are in the wild.