To Chris Sigaty, lead producer on StarCraft II: What is the current targeted minimum requirements for a computer that should be able to run Starcraft II, and what data are you working with that makes you comfortable with using that as a minimum for Starcraft II?
Hey, I would be more than willing to pay more for Warsow than quite a number of the games I own, and I have yet to have bought a game that I didn't think was worth it's purchase price.
Yeah, but most phones don't require you to void the damn warranty and introduce the possibility of a bricking when the latest official update comes out just to be able to unlock their phone.
Game Boy was released in 89. Game Boy compatibility was kept for 15 years. The Game Boy Color was released in 98. Game Boy Color compatability was kept for 6 years.
Plenty of used GameCube games at GameStop? What bizarro world are you from? I usually find that they have relegated what few GameCube games they have to a single side of one of their half-height display shelves.
...the camera will be useful for any games? Something along the lines of how it was used with some Gizmondo games, or that weird card game with the PS2 EyeToy? And what about the media player functionality? Could this herald the appearance of games like Audiosurf, games that react to the music playing, on the DS?
...An e-ink display (several generations ahead of what we have now, grayscale or color doesn't matter, just needs a decent refresh rate) plus integrated light (something along the lines of the thinkpad thinklight, but for the screen), wi-fi/bluetooth, a trackpoint (screw touchpads), be small (maybe along the lines of an eee701, just wider to accomodate a full-size keyboard), have a 5+ hour battery life, run a very light OS that is easy to customize (and preferably open source), enough storage for basic documents/a few additional programs (I am not seeing more than 20 GB here), be very durable (able to survive a spill or a drop from a high place), and probably within the $100-$300 range.
Also, it would be real nice if it had an integrated ATM that gave access to Bill Gates' bank account;-)
I really didn't see any relation between the ads and Seinfeld's show, except for the physical presence of Seinfeld. The entire thing felt to me more like an attempt at duplicating the (supposed) comedy of Napoleon Dynamite
...of who assigns the ratings for trustworthiness? The users, who may already be part of the "groupthing" promoted by a site? A "non-partisan" organization of some sort? Individual countries? All of these possibilities can be gamed. As it is now, the first time I stumble on a site, I assume a lot of it's content to be noise unless it is known to me who set it up. With a rating system in place, a lot of people will default to using the rating system to determine whether a site is trustworthy, even if it is a site by Kevin Trudeau selling survival kits for the impending gopher apocalypse.
I stand corrected insofar as Google Earth is concerned. I still wouldn't be surprised if they reached an agreement with Codeweavers and distributed Chrome for Linux/Mac using either what Codeweavers has now, or a future version of it.
...if Codeweavers stuff was licensed for google to put Chrome out for Linux/Mac before the native versions are done, considering he Linux versions of Google Earth and Picasa are actually just the windows versions wrapped in with compatability code (either from wine or Codeweavers).
...how this wasn't a giant waste of cash and a sign that Best Buy is run by PHBs? Honestly, I understand the reasoning (online is where music distribution is, at this point, which cuts into their bottom line), but the Napster brand is, at least last I knew, pretty much useless as a brand. If I am wrong, someone please correct me.
Yeah, but for a distribution trying to get people to try Linux it is an issue. It is correct that those people who are trying Ubuntu are willing to choose something other than the big brand. It is also true that, for a lot of those people, while they may consider Firefox to be cool, they don't consider it to be the big brand. One of the big hangups people have when trying a new operating system is the adjustment of having to use new applications. Having things as familiar as possible helps to make people more relaxed with the idea of using a new OS.
Branding is a big thing for a lot of people. Especially people who aren't the technically proficient types. You know, the ones who call any digital audio player an iPod. Or who think Microsoft invented the internet or the GUI. A lot of those people can't name a reason a particular program is good off the top of their head, except saying something about the established (deserved or not) brand of the product and the company that makes it. The functionality for a lot of those people is very possibly a secondary concern. Considering how Ubuntu wants to be one of the major desktop OS contenders (and is closer to that goal than any OS not produced by Apple or Microsoft), having some appeal to those people is definitely in the best interest of everyone involved.
Now, if some other group wants to shove their EULA in everyones face on a default Ubuntu install, should Mark cave? Probably not, unless not doing so would severely hamper their goals. Is that fair? Hell no. Is it against the spirit of the OSS community? Maybe, but a lot of distributions make compromises in the sake of usability and appeal. If they didn't, all of us who use Linux and BSD would end up using distributions such as blag and gNewSense. Now I can't speak for anyone else, but I like having my wireless card automatically detected and set up when I install my operating system, and I know that it's drivers are not free as in freedom.
That is because their Linux option was to offer SuSE on their T series laptops. It is now popular to hate SuSE because of the MS deal. I am surprised that there weren't pictures/videos of the SuSE lizard being burned in effigy after the deal.
Yeah, but the newer material isn't nearly up to the quality of the other stuff. The corrections however definitely make finding a copy of the second edition (which was the one I recommended) worthwhile.
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...she will claim that the emails were already deleted, either by her, the "hacker," or by Yahoo.
To Chris Sigaty, lead producer on StarCraft II: What is the current targeted minimum requirements for a computer that should be able to run Starcraft II, and what data are you working with that makes you comfortable with using that as a minimum for Starcraft II?
Hey, I would be more than willing to pay more for Warsow than quite a number of the games I own, and I have yet to have bought a game that I didn't think was worth it's purchase price.
Yeah, but most phones don't require you to void the damn warranty and introduce the possibility of a bricking when the latest official update comes out just to be able to unlock their phone.
Game Boy was released in 89. Game Boy compatibility was kept for 15 years. The Game Boy Color was released in 98. Game Boy Color compatability was kept for 6 years.
When Nintendo started making Game Boy Color games, they didn't obsolete Game Boys or Game Boy Pockets.
Plenty of used GameCube games at GameStop? What bizarro world are you from? I usually find that they have relegated what few GameCube games they have to a single side of one of their half-height display shelves.
Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of the "augmented reality" stuff.
...the camera will be useful for any games? Something along the lines of how it was used with some Gizmondo games, or that weird card game with the PS2 EyeToy? And what about the media player functionality? Could this herald the appearance of games like Audiosurf, games that react to the music playing, on the DS?
...An e-ink display (several generations ahead of what we have now, grayscale or color doesn't matter, just needs a decent refresh rate) plus integrated light (something along the lines of the thinkpad thinklight, but for the screen), wi-fi/bluetooth, a trackpoint (screw touchpads), be small (maybe along the lines of an eee701, just wider to accomodate a full-size keyboard), have a 5+ hour battery life, run a very light OS that is easy to customize (and preferably open source), enough storage for basic documents/a few additional programs (I am not seeing more than 20 GB here), be very durable (able to survive a spill or a drop from a high place), and probably within the $100-$300 range.
;-)
Also, it would be real nice if it had an integrated ATM that gave access to Bill Gates' bank account
45, by the time it is released.
...Lavabit? They are insanely private and offer great service all around.
And everybody thinks or Google Groups when they start talking about free Usenet access, but not about any of the free servers out there...
I really didn't see any relation between the ads and Seinfeld's show, except for the physical presence of Seinfeld. The entire thing felt to me more like an attempt at duplicating the (supposed) comedy of Napoleon Dynamite
How was I modded redundant? I was the first to ask the question...
...until some of the documents end up on Torrent sites?
...of who assigns the ratings for trustworthiness? The users, who may already be part of the "groupthing" promoted by a site? A "non-partisan" organization of some sort? Individual countries? All of these possibilities can be gamed. As it is now, the first time I stumble on a site, I assume a lot of it's content to be noise unless it is known to me who set it up. With a rating system in place, a lot of people will default to using the rating system to determine whether a site is trustworthy, even if it is a site by Kevin Trudeau selling survival kits for the impending gopher apocalypse.
I stand corrected insofar as Google Earth is concerned. I still wouldn't be surprised if they reached an agreement with Codeweavers and distributed Chrome for Linux/Mac using either what Codeweavers has now, or a future version of it.
...if Codeweavers stuff was licensed for google to put Chrome out for Linux/Mac before the native versions are done, considering he Linux versions of Google Earth and Picasa are actually just the windows versions wrapped in with compatability code (either from wine or Codeweavers).
...how this wasn't a giant waste of cash and a sign that Best Buy is run by PHBs? Honestly, I understand the reasoning (online is where music distribution is, at this point, which cuts into their bottom line), but the Napster brand is, at least last I knew, pretty much useless as a brand. If I am wrong, someone please correct me.
Yeah, but for a distribution trying to get people to try Linux it is an issue. It is correct that those people who are trying Ubuntu are willing to choose something other than the big brand. It is also true that, for a lot of those people, while they may consider Firefox to be cool, they don't consider it to be the big brand. One of the big hangups people have when trying a new operating system is the adjustment of having to use new applications. Having things as familiar as possible helps to make people more relaxed with the idea of using a new OS.
Branding is a big thing for a lot of people. Especially people who aren't the technically proficient types. You know, the ones who call any digital audio player an iPod. Or who think Microsoft invented the internet or the GUI. A lot of those people can't name a reason a particular program is good off the top of their head, except saying something about the established (deserved or not) brand of the product and the company that makes it. The functionality for a lot of those people is very possibly a secondary concern. Considering how Ubuntu wants to be one of the major desktop OS contenders (and is closer to that goal than any OS not produced by Apple or Microsoft), having some appeal to those people is definitely in the best interest of everyone involved.
Now, if some other group wants to shove their EULA in everyones face on a default Ubuntu install, should Mark cave? Probably not, unless not doing so would severely hamper their goals. Is that fair? Hell no. Is it against the spirit of the OSS community? Maybe, but a lot of distributions make compromises in the sake of usability and appeal. If they didn't, all of us who use Linux and BSD would end up using distributions such as blag and gNewSense. Now I can't speak for anyone else, but I like having my wireless card automatically detected and set up when I install my operating system, and I know that it's drivers are not free as in freedom.
I thought office was the big moneymaker, hence it's availability on a non-windows platform as well as on windows.
...or does anyone get a "Napoleon Dynamite" vibe from these ads? If that is what they are shooting for, no wonder they are so boring.
That is because their Linux option was to offer SuSE on their T series laptops. It is now popular to hate SuSE because of the MS deal. I am surprised that there weren't pictures/videos of the SuSE lizard being burned in effigy after the deal.
Yeah, but the newer material isn't nearly up to the quality of the other stuff. The corrections however definitely make finding a copy of the second edition (which was the one I recommended) worthwhile.