Exactly. I am always disappointed in my flatmate for working out of hours, and in his holidays, for less pay than I get. I work out of hours if it's really necessary, but it often simply isn't. Also if I have to do any urgent work out of hours, I'm allowed to take the time back.
It doesn't necessarily, but it does mean that many people can speak to others online assuming they're American just because they speak English. People assume I'm American all the time..
Especially in the technical world, yes. I was reading an interview with Linus where he says that most people use English when talking about technical matters even if they both have the same first language.
I dumped Windows for Ubuntu for a few years and switched to console gaming. Since they pulled all the Unity shit, Windows 7 is actually preferable to Ubuntu though (and Mint preferable to both for getting web development work done). Unfortunately there aren't full Linux drivers for my ultrabook yet so I'm using Windows 7 as the host OS, with Mint in a VM right now.
For home I bought a Windows 7 pre-loaded machine to play Skyrim properly among other things. Windows 7 is acceptable. Only took MS 25 years to write an OS that I don't mind. Good job Microsoft *sarcastic clap*.
Unfortunately Windows 8 looks like it's going to try to pull the same shit that Gnome Shell and Unity are doing though, so I definitely won't be upgrading to it or even buying it with a new machine where I can avoid it. Why do these companies think that just because mobile OSes made mobile computing more popular that they are somehow going to work for desktop computing too? The reason that desktop OS paradigms were unpopular and awkward for mobile devices is the same reason that is making mobile interfaces awkward and unpopular on desktops. Desktop machines have lots of screen estate, high precision pointers and lots of buttons. They don't need to be limited in the same way that mobile interfaces are.
Definitely. I go through phases though and I haven't done a whole lot of programming as a hobby since I was a teenager (though I now program as part of my job). I think about it occasionally, but haven't had any project ideas that really grab my attention.
That idea for the human trackball is probably the most attractive project idea yet - it probably wouldn't even be that expensive or difficult to build a giant trackball and have a harness on a frame above it, and the device drivers wouldn't be that difficult to do. Get a yoga ball mounted with some bearings to let it run smoothly, and have a webcam or even just a normal laser mouse as the movement sensor. But I don't have space for setting up something like that in my flat, it would have to be over 2.5 metres high:/
I always found that overclocking was very anti-climactic. It's noticeable if you have a really awful computer, but if your computer is already running okay then it makes no difference to add a little extra performance. It's like adding more RAM. There are less slowdowns, but technically nothign is actually speeding up.
Also to me it still sounds like you're levelling something external, ie your computer. Levelling your knowledge very, very slightly too, but it's nothing compared to the levelling you'd feel if ate more healthily and did a bit of regular exercise (even just going for a decent walk a few times a week will make you feel much fitter). I wish that in games like Skyrim I could just control the character directly - get some exercise while still enjoying the game world. I think the ideal system would involve something like a bungee harness and a giant trackball under your feet. Maybe I should patent that?:P
What are you doing with your phone where say 10% will make much difference? Mid-range smartphones are already multi-core with hardware accelerated graphics and 512MB RAM or more. They're happily playing GTA3 now. Wait another couple of years and they'll probably be playing GTA IV. Graphics rendering is massively parallel and so easy to improve just by packing in more transistors. Better to just wait for the performance to double a few times rather than try to get tiny performance gains with exponential overheating and battery drain problems.
You don't need to go "back in time". In many other countries - such as here in the UK - standard Police officers don't carry weapons. I've never even seen or used a real gun outside of a clay pigeon shooting range.
I have a BB pistol, but that's not going to do much more than give someone a nasty little cut or bruise when used with copper BBs - and even then it would be illegal for me to display it in public.
What? This fork sounds like it is entirely to create the best end product. Keep the parts that have improved in Gnome 3, but get back the good stuff from Gnome 2.
I've been using Mint for months, it's a good OS. It seems to me that this guy has his head screwed on right - as opposed to those who are desperate to turn their desktop OS into something that only makes sense on a tablet.
Yes, some cars have iPod specific docks. You have vastly reduced functionality when using USB memory sticks, or connecting in with a 3.5mm jack. It makes no sense that you shouldn't be able to connect in other MP3 players and phones into all of these things. There should be a standard that allows you to connect any media player or phone into a USB port and stream music or video from it. Instead we have treadmills, speakers, and even $100,000 cars that are designed only to work fully with iPods.
Yes. And my point was that the guys working on QuakeForge are probably only putting a couple of hours in a week on average, so that comparison is completely stupid.
Then you have the fact that QuakeForge doesn't look any better than GLquake, which I was playing 10 years ago. The changes they've been making recently look more like small performance improvements and adding support for ALSA, etc. He shouldn't be comparing the tweaks these guys are making to developing a full game.
For mobile or indy games you may only have one or two people creating the whole game as a hobby, and they can get a whole lot done in a few months, never mind 13 years.
iTunes on OSX is clearly damaged and crippled too..
I do think that Apple abuse their position with the app store, I hadn't really thought about iTunes though. Probably because I've always used other sources for my music and TV streaming.
They also kind of abuse their position with iPods by not opening up the connector spec to allow competitors to connect into iPod enabled devices like cars and stereos. I ended up buying a used iPod just so that I could use some of the accessories...
But it's not being done by professionals - at least not as part of their day job. So it doesn't necessarily say anything other than that the developers probably have lives or other projects outside of QuakeForge.
What makes you think the crud won't be a problem for any competing search engines? If you put a weight on only sites that people have voted up, then you'll end up with valid sites that never get seen, and dodgy companies being paid to vote up the spam sites, etc..
It's the same idea as fighting spam. It will always be a perpetual arms race unless you stick to some kind of whitelist. Gmail just so happens to have better spam filtering than any other service I've used, so excuse me if I'm a little sceptical that anyone else is going to blow them out of the water in search anytime soon.
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Yeah, I'm sure they really want one. Or is that perhaps just you?
Exactly. I am always disappointed in my flatmate for working out of hours, and in his holidays, for less pay than I get. I work out of hours if it's really necessary, but it often simply isn't. Also if I have to do any urgent work out of hours, I'm allowed to take the time back.
It doesn't necessarily, but it does mean that many people can speak to others online assuming they're American just because they speak English. People assume I'm American all the time..
All 47000?
Do excuse me for this. Ahem. "lol".
Especially in the technical world, yes. I was reading an interview with Linus where he says that most people use English when talking about technical matters even if they both have the same first language.
I dumped Windows for Ubuntu for a few years and switched to console gaming. Since they pulled all the Unity shit, Windows 7 is actually preferable to Ubuntu though (and Mint preferable to both for getting web development work done). Unfortunately there aren't full Linux drivers for my ultrabook yet so I'm using Windows 7 as the host OS, with Mint in a VM right now.
For home I bought a Windows 7 pre-loaded machine to play Skyrim properly among other things. Windows 7 is acceptable. Only took MS 25 years to write an OS that I don't mind. Good job Microsoft *sarcastic clap*.
Unfortunately Windows 8 looks like it's going to try to pull the same shit that Gnome Shell and Unity are doing though, so I definitely won't be upgrading to it or even buying it with a new machine where I can avoid it. Why do these companies think that just because mobile OSes made mobile computing more popular that they are somehow going to work for desktop computing too? The reason that desktop OS paradigms were unpopular and awkward for mobile devices is the same reason that is making mobile interfaces awkward and unpopular on desktops. Desktop machines have lots of screen estate, high precision pointers and lots of buttons. They don't need to be limited in the same way that mobile interfaces are.
I prefer Guake and Emacs :)
She actually reincorporated PARC as a company intended to make a profit (rather than doing pure R&D) 10 years ago, so I doubt it.
More like someone saw that he had died, then looked into what PARC is doing right now and wrote an article about it.
Rule 34 suggests that there are already hentai movies with a similar theme..
Definitely. I go through phases though and I haven't done a whole lot of programming as a hobby since I was a teenager (though I now program as part of my job). I think about it occasionally, but haven't had any project ideas that really grab my attention.
That idea for the human trackball is probably the most attractive project idea yet - it probably wouldn't even be that expensive or difficult to build a giant trackball and have a harness on a frame above it, and the device drivers wouldn't be that difficult to do. Get a yoga ball mounted with some bearings to let it run smoothly, and have a webcam or even just a normal laser mouse as the movement sensor. But I don't have space for setting up something like that in my flat, it would have to be over 2.5 metres high :/
I always found that overclocking was very anti-climactic. It's noticeable if you have a really awful computer, but if your computer is already running okay then it makes no difference to add a little extra performance. It's like adding more RAM. There are less slowdowns, but technically nothign is actually speeding up.
Also to me it still sounds like you're levelling something external, ie your computer. Levelling your knowledge very, very slightly too, but it's nothing compared to the levelling you'd feel if ate more healthily and did a bit of regular exercise (even just going for a decent walk a few times a week will make you feel much fitter). I wish that in games like Skyrim I could just control the character directly - get some exercise while still enjoying the game world. I think the ideal system would involve something like a bungee harness and a giant trackball under your feet. Maybe I should patent that? :P
Why?!
What are you doing with your phone where say 10% will make much difference? Mid-range smartphones are already multi-core with hardware accelerated graphics and 512MB RAM or more. They're happily playing GTA3 now. Wait another couple of years and they'll probably be playing GTA IV. Graphics rendering is massively parallel and so easy to improve just by packing in more transistors. Better to just wait for the performance to double a few times rather than try to get tiny performance gains with exponential overheating and battery drain problems.
You don't need to go "back in time". In many other countries - such as here in the UK - standard Police officers don't carry weapons. I've never even seen or used a real gun outside of a clay pigeon shooting range.
I have a BB pistol, but that's not going to do much more than give someone a nasty little cut or bruise when used with copper BBs - and even then it would be illegal for me to display it in public.
Wow, irony.
What? This fork sounds like it is entirely to create the best end product. Keep the parts that have improved in Gnome 3, but get back the good stuff from Gnome 2.
I've been using Mint for months, it's a good OS. It seems to me that this guy has his head screwed on right - as opposed to those who are desperate to turn their desktop OS into something that only makes sense on a tablet.
Yes, some cars have iPod specific docks. You have vastly reduced functionality when using USB memory sticks, or connecting in with a 3.5mm jack. It makes no sense that you shouldn't be able to connect in other MP3 players and phones into all of these things. There should be a standard that allows you to connect any media player or phone into a USB port and stream music or video from it. Instead we have treadmills, speakers, and even $100,000 cars that are designed only to work fully with iPods.
Yes. And my point was that the guys working on QuakeForge are probably only putting a couple of hours in a week on average, so that comparison is completely stupid.
Then you have the fact that QuakeForge doesn't look any better than GLquake, which I was playing 10 years ago. The changes they've been making recently look more like small performance improvements and adding support for ALSA, etc. He shouldn't be comparing the tweaks these guys are making to developing a full game.
For mobile or indy games you may only have one or two people creating the whole game as a hobby, and they can get a whole lot done in a few months, never mind 13 years.
iTunes on OSX is clearly damaged and crippled too..
I do think that Apple abuse their position with the app store, I hadn't really thought about iTunes though. Probably because I've always used other sources for my music and TV streaming.
They also kind of abuse their position with iPods by not opening up the connector spec to allow competitors to connect into iPod enabled devices like cars and stereos. I ended up buying a used iPod just so that I could use some of the accessories...
But it's not being done by professionals - at least not as part of their day job. So it doesn't necessarily say anything other than that the developers probably have lives or other projects outside of QuakeForge.
What makes you think the crud won't be a problem for any competing search engines? If you put a weight on only sites that people have voted up, then you'll end up with valid sites that never get seen, and dodgy companies being paid to vote up the spam sites, etc..
It's the same idea as fighting spam. It will always be a perpetual arms race unless you stick to some kind of whitelist. Gmail just so happens to have better spam filtering than any other service I've used, so excuse me if I'm a little sceptical that anyone else is going to blow them out of the water in search anytime soon.
Monopolies aren't against the law, though abusing a monopoly position is.
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Even if you use an infinite percentage, it will still be zero.. so, uh.. yeah.
The reason I played Manhunt is that there was a big fuss made over the rating here in the UK.
The reason I didn't play Manhunt 2, is that Manhunt was shit.
Good job on "understanding" the exact opposite of what I said. You might want to go and look at the usage of the phrase "as if".