Hey, some more anecdotes! Two weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit and Vista SP2 64-bit (yes, in that order, beat the Windows grub wipe).
Things that worked out of the box in Ubuntu and not Vista SP2: 1. Networking - had to install my motherboard drivers for the NIC to work in Vista. 2. Sound - again, had to install the motherboard drivers for sound to work in Vista. 3. Video card drivers - in Ubuntu, I clicked one button and they installed the Nvidia proprietary drivers, in SP2, I had to put the Nvidia disc in and tell it to install the drivers.
Dual monitor was just as easy in Ubuntu as it was in Vista, especially with Nvidia. I will admit I used to have a lot of trouble with Ati and dual monitors (got it to work eventually).
Also, WTF is wrong with the command line? File management is much faster, heck, I can edit images from the CLI for my website using Image Magick.
I switched to Linux in March and haven't looked back. Only installed Vista so my wife could play Sims 3... turns out it works perfectly in Wine.
1. It runs on Linux or some unusual platform. (No, it doesn't.)
Yes it does, in Wine, rated Gold at WineHq, works essentially perfect for my wife and I with the latest Wine and running in full screen with all effects on. The only thing that isn't working as far as I can tell is anti-aliasing, but I only noticed it at first.
Not that I believe this is enough to make it on Slashdot either, just pointing out that you're wrong.
Doesn't sound like they're planning to play it. I personally loved it though, but I'd want to watch that speed run as much as I want to watch any other RPG speed run.
They just mentioned they're going to play FFXI for the last 12 hours of the marathon as a "side stream". So I'm guessing while they're playing FFX or whatever is left someone will be playing that.
If photographers want to help, but are worried they'll lose control, why not upload lower than mint quality images?Yeah, they could shop out those realistic blemishes and birthmarks.
Sequels were developed differently back then, typically by nearly the exact same team that worked on the first. Now we have sequels being outsourced to other developers, see the Call of Duty series for a prime example, and BioShock 2 for an upcoming one.
I don't believe NPD keeps track of used game sales, and a lot of gamers will be turning to Gamestop, Ebay, and Amazon to pick up used games there instead of buying them new. I've personally been buying more used and even selling a bit of my collection as there seems to be a lot of buyers out there (and of course, more sellers).
Games are too expensive to keep buying new. I let the suckers do that for me.
You forgot to say get off my lawn. I play NetHack just fine with tile sets. I'd say that you're actually at the disadvantage with just ASCII as I have a better view of my inventory, recent messages, and dealing with a shopkeeper isn't an absolute pain in the butt. ASCII is fine for a quick game on NAO but most of the time I just want to play the game instead of being forced to deal with the limitations of ASCII. And I even use the simple built in tileset.
I've heard this thrown about a lot but how commonplace is this spoofing? Seems reasonable maybe six years ago but I don't see the reason behind it anymore.
Except the author still describes Pirate Bay users as looters, as if they were breaking into stores at night or pretending they were the federal government.
They don't want to settle because they want the smaller amount, they want to settle because they don't want to go to court against a defendant with balls. They've already spent ten to hundred times the results of the settlement on their lawyers.
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I know we don't RTFA around here, but its only sources are the Twitter blog itself.
Physics for Poets? Did you go to UW-Madison? I took that class my freshmen year... what a waste of time.
Hey, some more anecdotes! Two weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit and Vista SP2 64-bit (yes, in that order, beat the Windows grub wipe).
Things that worked out of the box in Ubuntu and not Vista SP2:
1. Networking - had to install my motherboard drivers for the NIC to work in Vista.
2. Sound - again, had to install the motherboard drivers for sound to work in Vista.
3. Video card drivers - in Ubuntu, I clicked one button and they installed the Nvidia proprietary drivers, in SP2, I had to put the Nvidia disc in and tell it to install the drivers.
Dual monitor was just as easy in Ubuntu as it was in Vista, especially with Nvidia. I will admit I used to have a lot of trouble with Ati and dual monitors (got it to work eventually).
Also, WTF is wrong with the command line? File management is much faster, heck, I can edit images from the CLI for my website using Image Magick.
I switched to Linux in March and haven't looked back. Only installed Vista so my wife could play Sims 3... turns out it works perfectly in Wine.
1. It runs on Linux or some unusual platform. (No, it doesn't.)
Yes it does, in Wine, rated Gold at WineHq, works essentially perfect for my wife and I with the latest Wine and running in full screen with all effects on. The only thing that isn't working as far as I can tell is anti-aliasing, but I only noticed it at first.
Not that I believe this is enough to make it on Slashdot either, just pointing out that you're wrong.
That acts of Congress actually work?
I've seen a million websites, and I've DDOS'd them all.
Who's building the F-35's that were mentioned in the summary?
Oh yeah, probably China.
Maybe he just watched Highlander 2 and really wanted there to be only one.
Not to mention half of the United States gets their internet from cable companies.
Doesn't sound like they're planning to play it. I personally loved it though, but I'd want to watch that speed run as much as I want to watch any other RPG speed run.
They just mentioned they're going to play FFXI for the last 12 hours of the marathon as a "side stream". So I'm guessing while they're playing FFX or whatever is left someone will be playing that.
If photographers want to help, but are worried they'll lose control, why not upload lower than mint quality images?Yeah, they could shop out those realistic blemishes and birthmarks.
Sequels were developed differently back then, typically by nearly the exact same team that worked on the first. Now we have sequels being outsourced to other developers, see the Call of Duty series for a prime example, and BioShock 2 for an upcoming one.
I don't believe NPD keeps track of used game sales, and a lot of gamers will be turning to Gamestop, Ebay, and Amazon to pick up used games there instead of buying them new. I've personally been buying more used and even selling a bit of my collection as there seems to be a lot of buyers out there (and of course, more sellers).
Games are too expensive to keep buying new. I let the suckers do that for me.
Yes, because every case decided means more caselaw for future lawyers to use.
You forgot to say get off my lawn. I play NetHack just fine with tile sets. I'd say that you're actually at the disadvantage with just ASCII as I have a better view of my inventory, recent messages, and dealing with a shopkeeper isn't an absolute pain in the butt. ASCII is fine for a quick game on NAO but most of the time I just want to play the game instead of being forced to deal with the limitations of ASCII. And I even use the simple built in tileset.
There's an XKCD for that:
http://xkcd.com/397/
Java may not be moving anywhere, but languages on the JVM sure are. Clojure, Scala, JRuby, Jython, and of course, Groovy.
Gmail and Docs are out of beta! Welcome to the future, man!
I've heard this thrown about a lot but how commonplace is this spoofing? Seems reasonable maybe six years ago but I don't see the reason behind it anymore.
Except the author still describes Pirate Bay users as looters, as if they were breaking into stores at night or pretending they were the federal government.
They don't want to settle because they want the smaller amount, they want to settle because they don't want to go to court against a defendant with balls. They've already spent ten to hundred times the results of the settlement on their lawyers.
Top Gear features this a few weeks ago, funny stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgRVyt6N1U
I'm sure DOSBox runs great within Virtual Box... but will they read my old floppies?
I also couldn't get Youtube's demo to work, but give Dailymotion's a try:
http://www.dailymotion.com/openvideodemo