I thought I'd add this little information piece. In this John Carmack interview the very first question asked is how much and what kind of mathematics is involved in game engines.
Can the QoS feature actually be useful in basic DSL routers? I have sometimes played with it, but didn't get any perceivable results. I have typically used the bandwidth-limiting trick mentioned.
While it is the rare occasion in Slashdot when we are talking about fonts, I gotta mention that I have become really enamored to Segoe UI as a screen font. So this is the default UI font you see in Windows 6.x. I use it even in Ubuntu, heh.
Optical medium is currently the only sane medium for long-term storage of data.
Flash media can fade away over time, and can die of ESD. Hard drives can get mechanically damaged. And these formats can just be overwritten anytime (either maliciously by someone else or accidentally by yourself). Of course optical discs fade out too, but they are still the most permanent.
No, cpu6502's use of the "==" comparison operator was *quite* correct, though it would *also* have been correct (with a slightly different context) written with the "=" assignment operator.
And ultimately, when you want to write proper and good looking natural language text, you don't use characters like '=', '/', '+', etc. but replace them with proper real words.
Which may or may not be legal, depending on who you ask, where you live, what forums you frequent, and how much money you have.
If you ask a philosopher (in this case, me), PS2 games are on the edge of becoming abandonware, so making free copies means enrichening the culture, without killing anyone's cash cows.
If your Steam account gets suspended, or you disagree with the new TOS - you're shit out of luck, all that you "own" is gone for good and you can't do shit about it.
It every time sends me cold shivers through my spine when someone talks about his Steam library of hundreds of games, which they cherish in a same way like some bookshelf collection.
Open Sourcing CDE? Seriously? Would have possibly made a difference in 1998. But now? Except for historical interest, there's no point.
I see the historical interest exactly as the main point here. Source code releases are an excellent addition to preserving the history of computers and software.
Actually I have lately started to be more receptive towards various certifications and degrees in IT. There's so many hacks and "fake doctors" around that it's nice to have something official to show. Not sure about the quality or meaningfulness of the different programs, but the general idea is good.
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I thought I'd add this little information piece. In this John Carmack interview the very first question asked is how much and what kind of mathematics is involved in game engines.
Yeah, you might get a TV.
Can the QoS feature actually be useful in basic DSL routers? I have sometimes played with it, but didn't get any perceivable results. I have typically used the bandwidth-limiting trick mentioned.
While it is the rare occasion in Slashdot when we are talking about fonts, I gotta mention that I have become really enamored to Segoe UI as a screen font. So this is the default UI font you see in Windows 6.x. I use it even in Ubuntu, heh.
You should send 10M€ to my bank account.
Optical medium is currently the only sane medium for long-term storage of data.
Flash media can fade away over time, and can die of ESD. Hard drives can get mechanically damaged. And these formats can just be overwritten anytime (either maliciously by someone else or accidentally by yourself). Of course optical discs fade out too, but they are still the most permanent.
Burning an ISO is usually much simpler than setting up a USB installer stick.
Here we talk all day long about open formats but even Slashdot shows that at the end of the day Flash is the bees knees.
Except that the GP was talking about a video card.
My computer is powered by CoolBreeze(TM)* and MarvelType(TM)** technologies.
*) It has a fan
**) It has a keyboard
No, cpu6502's use of the "==" comparison operator was *quite* correct, though it would *also* have been correct (with a slightly different context) written with the "=" assignment operator.
And ultimately, when you want to write proper and good looking natural language text, you don't use characters like '=', '/', '+', etc. but replace them with proper real words.
He's not trolling. He's expressing a contrary opinion.
It's a shame how often those two are mixed up in /. .
And further, then there is Fennoscandia, which is a term mostly tailored for Finns feeling sad being left out of "Scandinavia". ;)
Which may or may not be legal, depending on who you ask, where you live, what forums you frequent, and how much money you have.
If you ask a philosopher (in this case, me), PS2 games are on the edge of becoming abandonware, so making free copies means enrichening the culture, without killing anyone's cash cows.
Why couldn't you use a real Windows installation for those tasks?
I agree. You don't need environmentally controlled trucks for packaged basic electronics.
How about Tahoe-LAFS?
By the way, it has a too hard name -- every now and then I want to mention it but keep forgetting what Totse-TANSTAAFL was it again!
If your Steam account gets suspended, or you disagree with the new TOS - you're shit out of luck, all that you "own" is gone for good and you can't do shit about it.
It every time sends me cold shivers through my spine when someone talks about his Steam library of hundreds of games, which they cherish in a same way like some bookshelf collection.
Mod parent up. Good information.
Please do, I'd love to use such an interface.
I suppose most people here know about ratpoison already, but I encourage every modern-day UNIX geek trying it at some point.
Open Sourcing CDE? Seriously? Would have possibly made a difference in 1998. But now? Except for historical interest, there's no point.
I see the historical interest exactly as the main point here. Source code releases are an excellent addition to preserving the history of computers and software.
Actually I have lately started to be more receptive towards various certifications and degrees in IT. There's so many hacks and "fake doctors" around that it's nice to have something official to show. Not sure about the quality or meaningfulness of the different programs, but the general idea is good.
Oh, I know what you mean.
Actually, I have never understood people who can't control their laughter that bit so that they don't burst juices of their mouth or nose.