Bleh, okay, ignore Wikipedia and... Hehe. At the time I tried, the wikipedia article didn't exist, or didn't show up in a Google search. (Almost a year ago.) I'd make a terrible lawyer. (Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to.)
I agree that I'm more productive now due to things coming 'easier or faster or more natural to do', but the initial hit was quite painful. I have always been more at home on the command line than a GUI, so that wasn't an issue for me. But the initial 'how do I do this' for everything is quite involved. And some linux things are nearly impossible to look up on the internet.
Don't believe me? There's a utility called 'screen'. It's one of the most amazingly useful utilities ever. I defy you to find a webpage that actually explains, to someone with no idea what it is, what it does.
I tried linux for a desktop many years ago (I forget what distro) and then Debian a few years later, and found them both very unstable. I then set up a Debian server and kept it for years. Last year, I got a job that used linux for the entire IT department and used Slackware for a desktop. Then I found Kubuntu and it convinced me to switch at home as well.
Kubuntu has had me MUCH more productive than Windows ever did, simply because I can do nearly everything I want with what's installed, instead of searching the web for it. And if I need something, it's probably in apt-get (adept, aptitude, whatever.) And updates are almost always painless, unlike windows.
And 1 more reason... I hard EVER have to reboot. That's huge for productivity because I can pick up exactly where I left off the day before, immediately.
'Virtual Machine' and 'Virtual Hardware' are 2 different things. This isn't a VM in that it runs JIT code. It runs an operating system in a virtual environment. VMWare wanted some killer apps for this and so they have sponsored a contest so people will create them.
They protest too much? They said 'No' 1 time. That doesn't sound like much to me. Instead it sounds like a wanna-be reporter desperately trying to put spin on lack of news.
Punk'd? It's the owner of the site saying this. I really really doubt he fooled himself into posting this... Unless he had access to a timemachine or possibly a short-term memory eraser... Or he was tattooing himself with notes because he had no short-term memory at all.
All very true... But once Nintendo sees the success of the XBox homebrew program, don't you think they'll feel quite a bit of pressure to do something similar? At $1700, they ARE going to have every Joe Indie Developer knocking at their door for a devkit. And they will almost assuredly fail to research some of them... Allowing some non-devs to have them, and some devs not to have them. There will be mass panic at Nintendo's licensing department.
Embracing the community here is very very much to the advantage of Nintendo. And they can't fail to have seen the QJ.net blogs where there are TONS of homebrew releases each week. Getting paid to allow that instead of people hacking your system and exposing vulnerabilities... That's gotta be a good thing.
C'mon, get a grip. Despite the fact that this is a dupe, it still angers me that the 'major' pc protection companies can't deal with windows actually securing itself. They would actually consider using blackhat techniques instead of the provided methods? They'd be fools, too. Any blackhat technique they use would be immediately patched by Microsoft. Doesn't take a genius to see that.
You say 'roundly dismissed' and I say you are merely hearing the 'vocal minority' each time. Just because it seems like a lot of people are talking, that doesn't mean they are majority.
Why do you assume that those who wish for the WMV/etc are the very same ones dismissing it? There's millions of people in the word and they each have an opinion. And quite often, they don't take a vote before forming or expressing that opinion.
Let me first state that I can't stand the thought of drugs. Anything that messes with my mind is a serious no-go in my book. This includes alcohol and tobacco!
But if alcohol is legal, why is marijuana not? It's less harmful to the user and much much less harmful to others around the user. (Assuming you ignore second-hand smoke. And maybe even then.)
And yet instead, it are illegal and expensive. People are forced to break the law to get their fix, so breaking the law again to get the money to get their fix isn't that much of a stretch. Once you are on a path, good or bad, it is much easier to continue on that path than step off it.
Instead, we should be regulating drugs as we do all prescription medicines. In particular, the medicines for sexual stimulation.
Did you honestly just compare giving up the name of a journalist to the attempted genocide of Jewish people? You are one brave... Oh, you posted AC. I take that back.
No, providing a few dev tools does not make past mistakes 'better'. But it does show they can actually care.
All the technical reasons in the world don't matter if people prefer it to everything else. Until you have actually created and properly hyped a better 'technology', then P2P is here to stay.
I've tried to use a trackball off and on since the 4th grade (apple IIe) and it just has never felt right to me. The button-mouse on laptops is great to me, though, so it's not just that I'm stuck on mice. (Trackpads suck!)
And to be honest, I don't think that says anything about the quality of the item, merely that they see it as a dead end and only keep selling trackballs because they make some profit. Not enough to redesign the new '1337 gaming trackball' they would think is needed.
Don't get me wrong, if it was bad quality, it wouldn't sell and wouldn't exist anymore. But it isn't due to its quality that they stopped trying to 'improve' it.
No, there's only 1 that 'let's you' play homebrew. The Gamepark. The others have exploits that are used.
The previous posted was suggesting that Sony encourage homebrew development instead of trying to quash it. There are some seriously talented coders writing homebrew, despite all the interference. That talent could better be used to improve the homebrew, instead of the hacks.
Also, quite a few of the exploits were developed with homebrew in mind, not theft. Sony's theft probably would be eased if they properly supported homebrew. Probably. With that many security holes, maybe not.
I've had a few logitech wireless mice, and I've liked each one less than that preceding it. I always buy the 'best'... The mx1000, the g7, etc. But they get progressively suckier.
I'm to the point that I'm looking for a wired mouse again, but it's gotta be GOOD. High DPI (adjustable if possible), good tracking even on less than ideal surfaces, doesn't need to EVER been cleaned, and works on all OS's without special drivers. Oh, and no Logitech. Their products (keyboards and mice) are almost as bad as their tech support, now. So far, the only thing I've seen that might come close is Razer's mice.
Anyone got any suggestions? I'd take another wireless if it was rechargeable, lasts for more than 2 days between charges, and fits the other criteria.
If it's so perfect, why are there so many different mattresses? And water beds. And why do the Japanese have their beds directly on the floor, while we have them on legs? And...
Actually, you WERE told how to prevent an attack. Maybe not outright, but it was there. The original slashdot report http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/03/129 234 said that "Machines are vulnerable if they have wireless enabled and are set to connect to any available wireless network". This is enough information to secure your system. Simply tell it not to connect to any available wireless network. Only allow it to connect networks you have specified. Tada. No cash needed for this fix.
You can throw money at me instead, if you feel the need.
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It also means you probably need a blasted mouse to install the thing. I view this as a huge step backwards.
Wait, did I miss something? Suddenly Germany honors our trademarks over their own?
Bleh, okay, ignore Wikipedia and... Hehe. At the time I tried, the wikipedia article didn't exist, or didn't show up in a Google search. (Almost a year ago.) I'd make a terrible lawyer. (Never ask a question you don't already know the answer to.)
I agree that I'm more productive now due to things coming 'easier or faster or more natural to do', but the initial hit was quite painful. I have always been more at home on the command line than a GUI, so that wasn't an issue for me. But the initial 'how do I do this' for everything is quite involved. And some linux things are nearly impossible to look up on the internet.
Don't believe me? There's a utility called 'screen'. It's one of the most amazingly useful utilities ever. I defy you to find a webpage that actually explains, to someone with no idea what it is, what it does.
I tried linux for a desktop many years ago (I forget what distro) and then Debian a few years later, and found them both very unstable. I then set up a Debian server and kept it for years. Last year, I got a job that used linux for the entire IT department and used Slackware for a desktop. Then I found Kubuntu and it convinced me to switch at home as well.
Kubuntu has had me MUCH more productive than Windows ever did, simply because I can do nearly everything I want with what's installed, instead of searching the web for it. And if I need something, it's probably in apt-get (adept, aptitude, whatever.) And updates are almost always painless, unlike windows.
And 1 more reason... I hard EVER have to reboot. That's huge for productivity because I can pick up exactly where I left off the day before, immediately.
'Virtual Machine' and 'Virtual Hardware' are 2 different things. This isn't a VM in that it runs JIT code. It runs an operating system in a virtual environment. VMWare wanted some killer apps for this and so they have sponsored a contest so people will create them.
They protest too much? They said 'No' 1 time. That doesn't sound like much to me. Instead it sounds like a wanna-be reporter desperately trying to put spin on lack of news.
Punk'd? It's the owner of the site saying this. I really really doubt he fooled himself into posting this... Unless he had access to a timemachine or possibly a short-term memory eraser... Or he was tattooing himself with notes because he had no short-term memory at all.
Geek girl dance?
;)
I call fake! We need pics! NAO!
All very true... But once Nintendo sees the success of the XBox homebrew program, don't you think they'll feel quite a bit of pressure to do something similar? At $1700, they ARE going to have every Joe Indie Developer knocking at their door for a devkit. And they will almost assuredly fail to research some of them... Allowing some non-devs to have them, and some devs not to have them. There will be mass panic at Nintendo's licensing department.
Embracing the community here is very very much to the advantage of Nintendo. And they can't fail to have seen the QJ.net blogs where there are TONS of homebrew releases each week. Getting paid to allow that instead of people hacking your system and exposing vulnerabilities... That's gotta be a good thing.
"Oh noes, windows has security! What'll we do?"
C'mon, get a grip. Despite the fact that this is a dupe, it still angers me that the 'major' pc protection companies can't deal with windows actually securing itself. They would actually consider using blackhat techniques instead of the provided methods? They'd be fools, too. Any blackhat technique they use would be immediately patched by Microsoft. Doesn't take a genius to see that.
Oh, so that's what those Intel case stickers are for. I always wondered!
Game Arena requires a login, and bugmetnot's accounts have all been disabled, apparently.
t railer1_final_480x270.wmvt railer1_final_480x270.mov
How about:
http://www.rockstargames.com/bully/trailer/bully_
http://www.rockstargames.com/bully/trailer/bully_
Or a comedian!
You say 'roundly dismissed' and I say you are merely hearing the 'vocal minority' each time. Just because it seems like a lot of people are talking, that doesn't mean they are majority.
Why do you assume that those who wish for the WMV/etc are the very same ones dismissing it? There's millions of people in the word and they each have an opinion. And quite often, they don't take a vote before forming or expressing that opinion.
Let me first state that I can't stand the thought of drugs. Anything that messes with my mind is a serious no-go in my book. This includes alcohol and tobacco!
But if alcohol is legal, why is marijuana not? It's less harmful to the user and much much less harmful to others around the user. (Assuming you ignore second-hand smoke. And maybe even then.)
And yet instead, it are illegal and expensive. People are forced to break the law to get their fix, so breaking the law again to get the money to get their fix isn't that much of a stretch. Once you are on a path, good or bad, it is much easier to continue on that path than step off it.
Instead, we should be regulating drugs as we do all prescription medicines. In particular, the medicines for sexual stimulation.
Well it made me read it. And now I suddenly feel like reading spam. Very odd.
Did you honestly just compare giving up the name of a journalist to the attempted genocide of Jewish people? You are one brave... Oh, you posted AC. I take that back.
No, providing a few dev tools does not make past mistakes 'better'. But it does show they can actually care.
You've forgotten 1 very very important thing:
People like it.
All the technical reasons in the world don't matter if people prefer it to everything else. Until you have actually created and properly hyped a better 'technology', then P2P is here to stay.
I've tried to use a trackball off and on since the 4th grade (apple IIe) and it just has never felt right to me. The button-mouse on laptops is great to me, though, so it's not just that I'm stuck on mice. (Trackpads suck!)
And to be honest, I don't think that says anything about the quality of the item, merely that they see it as a dead end and only keep selling trackballs because they make some profit. Not enough to redesign the new '1337 gaming trackball' they would think is needed.
Don't get me wrong, if it was bad quality, it wouldn't sell and wouldn't exist anymore. But it isn't due to its quality that they stopped trying to 'improve' it.
No, there's only 1 that 'let's you' play homebrew. The Gamepark. The others have exploits that are used.
The previous posted was suggesting that Sony encourage homebrew development instead of trying to quash it. There are some seriously talented coders writing homebrew, despite all the interference. That talent could better be used to improve the homebrew, instead of the hacks.
Also, quite a few of the exploits were developed with homebrew in mind, not theft. Sony's theft probably would be eased if they properly supported homebrew. Probably. With that many security holes, maybe not.
I've had a few logitech wireless mice, and I've liked each one less than that preceding it. I always buy the 'best'... The mx1000, the g7, etc. But they get progressively suckier.
I'm to the point that I'm looking for a wired mouse again, but it's gotta be GOOD. High DPI (adjustable if possible), good tracking even on less than ideal surfaces, doesn't need to EVER been cleaned, and works on all OS's without special drivers. Oh, and no Logitech. Their products (keyboards and mice) are almost as bad as their tech support, now. So far, the only thing I've seen that might come close is Razer's mice.
Anyone got any suggestions? I'd take another wireless if it was rechargeable, lasts for more than 2 days between charges, and fits the other criteria.
If it's so perfect, why are there so many different mattresses? And water beds. And why do the Japanese have their beds directly on the floor, while we have them on legs? And...
Nothing's perfect.
Actually, you WERE told how to prevent an attack. Maybe not outright, but it was there. The original slashdot report http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/03/129 234 said that "Machines are vulnerable if they have wireless enabled and are set to connect to any available wireless network". This is enough information to secure your system. Simply tell it not to connect to any available wireless network. Only allow it to connect networks you have specified. Tada. No cash needed for this fix.
You can throw money at me instead, if you feel the need.
Couldn't be bothered to read my whole post, eh?