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You answer it yourself in the post.
Basically, you mention only one reason why bootable CD games are a good thing; because it means "no Microsoft or Direct X".
Firstly, that's so not a comercial reason to do anything.
Secondly, look at Quake 3 for an example of how you can easily make a game that doesn't care about Microsoft (OpenGL, a Linux and a Mac client) without all the pain of making a console boot disk.
They mention that since the remote control is basically just working on a serial port they might be able to connect a keyboard that way.
And of course it all comes back to the answer to the core quesiton of "why run linux on anything", which , apart from "becaus eoit is cool" is also" because you can then relatively easily port mountains of existing FOSS onto your device.
Reasoning: It's too damn good an idea to waste on a joke.
Is there anyone here who wouldn't switch to being whoever@gmail.com? A clean interface, non-intrusive adds, nigh unlimited storage, from a brand you trust.
Their ad system would read my mail? That's fine by me. Free webmail accounts are hardly secure now, are they? Encrypt if you need privacy.
How about a Psion Netbook or Series 7? For that matter a series 5 has the best keyboard any PDA has ever had.
They're not made any more, so there are support issues, but these are good products. I see them for about $300 on ebay.
I myself find Palm + Palm Keyboard an excellent combination, although possibly you might want a larger screen if you were using it all the time, hence my suggestion of the Psions.
So what you're saying, timothy, if I understand you correctly, is that they will only have licensing issues with a piece of GPL software if they don't follow the terms in the GPL license?
You can get around the problem of the VPN gateway failing by ensuring there is dial-up access as well - more expensive but you only need it if the VPN gateway fails.
Yes, another good strategy - if you have both tanks and plenty of snipers in the hills overlooking their base it's hard for them to get back.
When putting 4 people on a Manta (!) don't forget that the tanks are very vulnerable if they don't have both crew.
What else...another task for the raptor is getting the redeemer. Also don't forget the HB and Manta above the middle node - a good trick with these is to approach teh enemy base from the side and drive up to the ramparts overlooking their reactor - half the time the enemy don't realise you are there and even when they do you're hard to flush out.
The BBCi food section is most comprehensive - they try to include most of the recipies shown on their TV cookery programs, as well as other free sources.
They also have a useful search facility, so you can, for example, look for a fancier recipie to use up some of those packets of ramen.
No, I mean humans. Lots of people don't grasp the main tactic you should use on startup:
One person takes the Raptor and harasses the enemy as they try to cap their nodes.
One person takes the Manta to node#1 and caps it, then moves to node #3 and waits for the tank.
Three people take the Hellbender to node #2 and cap it. Two switch to the tank and procede to node #3. The other either takes the HB back to node #2 or takes the node 3 manta to the oppositions node 3 in the hope that it is undefended and that they can take it.
Anyone else moves out on foot to the other nodes to try and pick up some other transport.
Yes, there's the truck with a big gun in back with a different name to the truck with a big gun in back in Halo, the floaty thing that leaves trails with a different name to the floaty thing that leaves trails in Halo, the tank with a different name to the tank in Halo, and of course the zippy hovercraft you run people over in with a different name to the zippy hovercraft you run people over in in Halo.
Mind you, the dune buggy with a flickknife on the door is new.
(BTW I do like the Onslaught Demo myself a lot, except for the buggers at round start who drive off in the Warthog, sorry Hellblazer, without waiting for a crew)
Ah, but Bob Burden created the Mysterymen simply because he knew he'd never get Hollywood to make a FC film. It's a money-making exercise; we don't have to care about it. We still have the comic books.
Sure, a proper Mysterymen film, with FC and Screwball and so forth, fabulous, but who except you or me would go see it?
Read the post, I said it was probably too big a solution. But from reading the submission I can't actally tell for sure how big a user base he is talking about.
Well, Exchange 2K3 springs to mind, although probably not a popular suggestion, and in your case probably way too big. The web client is almost identical to Outlook, and every PDA syncs Calendars, ToDos etc. with Outlook.
The early shots seem ot indicate that OS6 looks pretty much the same as OS5.
Their acquisition of BeOS was not really absed on "BeOS is cool, lets make Palms run BeOS" but more "look, there's a pile of OS developers who can write a good OS, let's get them to write OS6 instead"
Well, it's not like it's going to make them choose PPC instead.
As with all these things, a business has to work out where to draw the line. It's very expensive to maintain and support versions of your software on multiple platforms.
Of course, a third possibility is that Apple are working with Palmsource on an iSync that works extensively with PalmOS devices...
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You answer it yourself in the post.
Basically, you mention only one reason why bootable CD games are a good thing; because it means "no Microsoft or Direct X".
Firstly, that's so not a comercial reason to do anything.
Secondly, look at Quake 3 for an example of how you can easily make a game that doesn't care about Microsoft (OpenGL, a Linux and a Mac client) without all the pain of making a console boot disk.
They mention that since the remote control is basically just working on a serial port they might be able to connect a keyboard that way.
And of course it all comes back to the answer to the core quesiton of "why run linux on anything", which , apart from "becaus eoit is cool" is also" because you can then relatively easily port mountains of existing FOSS onto your device.
Well, actually OSX understands FAT out of the box, so a Windows ipod works fine on a Mac. Not the other way round though.
Reasoning: It's too damn good an idea to waste on a joke.
Is there anyone here who wouldn't switch to being whoever@gmail.com? A clean interface, non-intrusive adds, nigh unlimited storage, from a brand you trust.
Their ad system would read my mail? That's fine by me. Free webmail accounts are hardly secure now, are they? Encrypt if you need privacy.
If it's still there tomorrow we'll know.
I thought I was geeky until I read this post.
Multiple phone handsets for different circumstances!
How about a Psion Netbook or Series 7? For that matter a series 5 has the best keyboard any PDA has ever had.
They're not made any more, so there are support issues, but these are good products. I see them for about $300 on ebay.
I myself find Palm + Palm Keyboard an excellent combination, although possibly you might want a larger screen if you were using it all the time, hence my suggestion of the Psions.
So what you're saying, timothy, if I understand you correctly, is that they will only have licensing issues with a piece of GPL software if they don't follow the terms in the GPL license?
Nah, but it might be about $250 on that laptop, which is a good bite of the savings.
The check and balance that there are no back doors in F/OSS software is that you can read the source and look for them.
You can get around the problem of the VPN gateway failing by ensuring there is dial-up access as well - more expensive but you only need it if the VPN gateway fails.
No-one is expecting them to know chemistry, they are expecting them to want more than a slick website as proof that a substance needs a ban.
Otherwise you could just make a slick web page saying that Windows gives you cancer, and they'd ban it too!
Hey, wait a minute....
Whoops, this is slashdot, so let me prempt correction.... I should have said "after causing Balder to be killed".
Say, if he's out of his cave wouldn't that imply Ragnarok is imminent? Whoops!
Well, after killing Balder Loki was chained up in a cave by Odin, so I guess that would be the place.
Yes, another good strategy - if you have both tanks and plenty of snipers in the hills overlooking their base it's hard for them to get back.
When putting 4 people on a Manta (!) don't forget that the tanks are very vulnerable if they don't have both crew.
What else...another task for the raptor is getting the redeemer. Also don't forget the HB and Manta above the middle node - a good trick with these is to approach teh enemy base from the side and drive up to the ramparts overlooking their reactor - half the time the enemy don't realise you are there and even when they do you're hard to flush out.
The BBCi food section is most comprehensive - they try to include most of the recipies shown on their TV cookery programs, as well as other free sources.
They also have a useful search facility, so you can, for example, look for a fancier recipie to use up some of those packets of ramen.
Yes, I love the number plate thing. ;-)
No, I mean humans. Lots of people don't grasp the main tactic you should use on startup:
One person takes the Raptor and harasses the enemy as they try to cap their nodes.
One person takes the Manta to node#1 and caps it, then moves to node #3 and waits for the tank.
Three people take the Hellbender to node #2 and cap it. Two switch to the tank and procede to node #3. The other either takes the HB back to node #2 or takes the node 3 manta to the oppositions node 3 in the hope that it is undefended and that they can take it.
Anyone else moves out on foot to the other nodes to try and pick up some other transport.
Yes, there's the truck with a big gun in back with a different name to the truck with a big gun in back in Halo, the floaty thing that leaves trails with a different name to the floaty thing that leaves trails in Halo, the tank with a different name to the tank in Halo, and of course the zippy hovercraft you run people over in with a different name to the zippy hovercraft you run people over in in Halo.
Mind you, the dune buggy with a flickknife on the door is new.
(BTW I do like the Onslaught Demo myself a lot, except for the buggers at round start who drive off in the Warthog, sorry Hellblazer, without waiting for a crew)
Ah, but Bob Burden created the Mysterymen simply because he knew he'd never get Hollywood to make a FC film. It's a money-making exercise; we don't have to care about it. We still have the comic books.
Sure, a proper Mysterymen film, with FC and Screwball and so forth, fabulous, but who except you or me would go see it?
Read the post, I said it was probably too big a solution. But from reading the submission I can't actally tell for sure how big a user base he is talking about.
In which case, since the previous two between them managed 6 Oscars, the trilogy has won 17 Oscars.
Well, Exchange 2K3 springs to mind, although probably not a popular suggestion, and in your case probably way too big.
The web client is almost identical to Outlook, and every PDA syncs Calendars, ToDos etc. with Outlook.
The early shots seem ot indicate that OS6 looks pretty much the same as OS5.
Their acquisition of BeOS was not really absed on "BeOS is cool, lets make Palms run BeOS" but more "look, there's a pile of OS developers who can write a good OS, let's get them to write OS6 instead"
Well, from a licensing perspective you're not meant to mix and match the apps between different PDAs...
Well, I expect they were thinking of going for Google, since they "owe" $7M to SCO, but you make a compelling case...
Well, it's not like it's going to make them choose PPC instead.
As with all these things, a business has to work out where to draw the line. It's very expensive to maintain and support versions of your software on multiple platforms.
Of course, a third possibility is that Apple are working with Palmsource on an iSync that works extensively with PalmOS devices...