I never mentioned the PS3. I never mentioned DX10.
I did, however, state, that a common architecture and hardware abstraction layer between console generations would alleviate the backwards compatibility issue.
I never said this had already been done.
That's what's insightful about my post and trollish about yours; though it seems you were successful in turning the tides against me this time, I've got karma to burn so I can afford to speak both the truth and my honest opinion.
As an avid non-gamer, mostly because PC gaming sucks and console gaming is too costly, I have to say, this is why console gaming is where it's at.
Now, if they'd standardize on an architecture and throw a hardware abstraction layer into the mix, each new iteration of a console would be backward compatible with the old (X-Box seems to be pretty damned close), and the major complaint used by PC gamers to justify their sickness will be void. Once your new machine can do everything your old machine could do, PC gaming no longer has that advantage; upgrading your console no longer means having to keep the old or lose those games.
Console gaming FTW, from a non-biased non-gamer who's able to see both sides.
A good prosecutor would convince them that "CP Concentrate" is a stronger form of child pornography.
I'm not selling anyone short; I was following my parent post's example of a dumb jury. I'm sure there are juries that will catch that, just as I'm sure there are juries that would eat it up.
Don't sell the prosecution short; it's a good way to end up behind bars.
Agreed. Add to that my response to the following quote, FTFS:
The freedom of the current system is nice, but it comes at too high a cost.
No. The loss of freedom, for any reason or purpose, is too high a cost. It's probably the reason the submitter hasn't been killed yet for his anti-freedom viewpoint; few people are willing to risk their freedom to do so.
This is why we don't like DRM: loss of freedom. We'll take the higher prices.
GP was pointing out that, because they are black, they may have a harder time finding jobs (though, Jobs might just find them, after this). I doubt GP would be so brazen as to say because they are black they don't WANT jobs.
I mean, they stole Macbooks. They want Jobs. Very much.
I have a Gateway Profile 4 that was given to me with a failing GPU. I got Ubuntu Server installed on it just in time for the GPU to die completely. At this is an all-in-one system, there is no chance of replacing the GPU.
I have to be present to physically press the enter key at every boot, but the system has been running just fine like this since last October. My solution, if I ever need to see what's on the screen is to dump the screen buffer to lpr. Works great for the few (2) times I've needed it.
Get a good UPS and don't do anything stupid with the system, it will last you many more years. Don't reboot if you don't have to.
Unfortunately, in my case the serial ports are disabled and I did not get into the BIOS and enable them before the GPU died.
Just practice the disk check / recovery process a few times in your distro of choice, memorize the keystrokes, and you can do it just fine headless if you ever need to.
Also, periodically cat the contents of each drive to a series of files on another drive. You can cat these files back to the drive (or to a new drive) to recover if anything catastrophic happens. I've been lucky and not needed to rely on this, but that doesn't mean that you will.
Is he really a 'bright spark' if he is unable to even pick up on basic social clues and understanding, something even individuals of questionable intelligence usually have mastered by the time they leave their teens?
IRT your sig: Those numbers are an almost exact inverse of the same information, based on the large circle of people I know.
What was TIME's source for these statistics?
Back on-topic: As long as people keep their eyes and minds on the road, there should be no restrictions on what we can do in our vehicles. Adjust the heat/AC all you want, but you had damned well better see me, and react appropriately, when I slam on my brakes and swerve into your lane to avoid the kid that just ran into my lane. Hell, text all you want, if you can do so without looking away from the road and/or reducing your ability to control your vehicle; again, you had best be able to react immediately and appropriately when something unexpected happens.
That means no reading texts or GPS programming while driving. Also, iPhone users (any device without a physical keyboard, really), sorry, you're out of luck. Pull over to use your devices.
Hell, I don't even look at the thing while typing. The two times I've done it, I kept my eyes on the road.
The first time, I was on an otherwise empty two lane (in each direction) road at 3AM, going 25MPH.
The second time, I remembered how nervous I was the first time, and typed the message at traffic lights. Thankfully, the road I spend most of my driving time on has poorly (for traffic flow) timed lights, which allow me to type a sentence, drive for 30sec, type another sentence, drive another 30sec... I can literally hold a conversation through text without having to type while moving or take my eyes off the road.
Everyone should be so lucky as to have poorly-timed lights so close together on the roads they text-and-drive on.:)
Precisely the point I was trying to make, thank you for letting me know I was coherent.
Now, if it's that obvious to a non-driver that certain non-driving tasks are ok while driving and other are not, why can't more drivers get the message?
Texting, or doing anything else that significantly impairs your ability to drive, while driving, is saying "Oh, hey, I'm gonna get on the road and kill someone tonight."
That doesn't sound involuntary to me; nor does it sound like manslaughter.
If you wave a gun around in a crowd and it goes off, killing someone, you face murder charges. This looks just different enough that many people don't equate the two; trust me, it's exactly the same.
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I never mentioned the PS3.
I never mentioned DX10.
I did, however, state, that a common architecture and hardware abstraction layer between console generations would alleviate the backwards compatibility issue.
I never said this had already been done.
That's what's insightful about my post and trollish about yours; though it seems you were successful in turning the tides against me this time, I've got karma to burn so I can afford to speak both the truth and my honest opinion.
How's your karma lately?
As an avid non-gamer, mostly because PC gaming sucks and console gaming is too costly, I have to say, this is why console gaming is where it's at.
Now, if they'd standardize on an architecture and throw a hardware abstraction layer into the mix, each new iteration of a console would be backward compatible with the old (X-Box seems to be pretty damned close), and the major complaint used by PC gamers to justify their sickness will be void. Once your new machine can do everything your old machine could do, PC gaming no longer has that advantage; upgrading your console no longer means having to keep the old or lose those games.
Console gaming FTW, from a non-biased non-gamer who's able to see both sides.
A good prosecutor would convince them that "CP Concentrate" is a stronger form of child pornography.
I'm not selling anyone short; I was following my parent post's example of a dumb jury. I'm sure there are juries that will catch that, just as I'm sure there are juries that would eat it up.
Don't sell the prosecution short; it's a good way to end up behind bars.
And a good prosecutor will point out that orange juice concentrate is a stronger form or orange juice.
What will a dumb jury get from that?
As much of a troll as this may have been, it was, sadly, a very accurate analogy of a relationship with Cogent.
That's bodacious!
Agreed on points one and three.
Agreed. Add to that my response to the following quote, FTFS:
The freedom of the current system is nice, but it comes at too high a cost.
No. The loss of freedom, for any reason or purpose, is too high a cost. It's probably the reason the submitter hasn't been killed yet for his anti-freedom viewpoint; few people are willing to risk their freedom to do so.
This is why we don't like DRM: loss of freedom. We'll take the higher prices.
And that only means that you are sane.
I, on the other hand, only understand the comment.
men in white coats. Knocking at my door. Be right b
So, this is the upgraded First Post the headline was talking about?
I don't see the improvement.
Trial and error on a system I can't recover from the type of issues it would cause... nah.
I'd go so far as to say...
GP was pointing out that, because they are black, they may have a harder time finding jobs (though, Jobs might just find them, after this). I doubt GP would be so brazen as to say because they are black they don't WANT jobs.
I mean, they stole Macbooks. They want Jobs. Very much.
preemptive dupe, then
I have a Gateway Profile 4 that was given to me with a failing GPU. I got Ubuntu Server installed on it just in time for the GPU to die completely. At this is an all-in-one system, there is no chance of replacing the GPU.
I have to be present to physically press the enter key at every boot, but the system has been running just fine like this since last October. My solution, if I ever need to see what's on the screen is to dump the screen buffer to lpr. Works great for the few (2) times I've needed it.
Get a good UPS and don't do anything stupid with the system, it will last you many more years. Don't reboot if you don't have to.
Unfortunately, in my case the serial ports are disabled and I did not get into the BIOS and enable them before the GPU died.
Just practice the disk check / recovery process a few times in your distro of choice, memorize the keystrokes, and you can do it just fine headless if you ever need to.
Also, periodically cat the contents of each drive to a series of files on another drive. You can cat these files back to the drive (or to a new drive) to recover if anything catastrophic happens. I've been lucky and not needed to rely on this, but that doesn't mean that you will.
Is he really a 'bright spark' if he is unable to even pick up on basic social clues and understanding, something even individuals of questionable intelligence usually have mastered by the time they leave their teens?
Ask Edison.
You first. I promise I'll make sure the other two jump after you.
I think you meant to say lysdexia.
No, orange is the right color for Windows. On the color wheel, it's the opposite of blue, fitting, since its effects are the opposite of a crash.
The orange ball of life.
+5 BRAVO
Hillarious.
Someone mod parent +5 holy shit that's funny
IRT your sig: Those numbers are an almost exact inverse of the same information, based on the large circle of people I know.
What was TIME's source for these statistics?
Back on-topic: As long as people keep their eyes and minds on the road, there should be no restrictions on what we can do in our vehicles. Adjust the heat/AC all you want, but you had damned well better see me, and react appropriately, when I slam on my brakes and swerve into your lane to avoid the kid that just ran into my lane. Hell, text all you want, if you can do so without looking away from the road and/or reducing your ability to control your vehicle; again, you had best be able to react immediately and appropriately when something unexpected happens.
That means no reading texts or GPS programming while driving. Also, iPhone users (any device without a physical keyboard, really), sorry, you're out of luck. Pull over to use your devices.
If you don't know that a meter is, get the fuck off my slashdot.
Hell, I don't even look at the thing while typing. The two times I've done it, I kept my eyes on the road.
The first time, I was on an otherwise empty two lane (in each direction) road at 3AM, going 25MPH.
The second time, I remembered how nervous I was the first time, and typed the message at traffic lights. Thankfully, the road I spend most of my driving time on has poorly (for traffic flow) timed lights, which allow me to type a sentence, drive for 30sec, type another sentence, drive another 30sec... I can literally hold a conversation through text without having to type while moving or take my eyes off the road.
Everyone should be so lucky as to have poorly-timed lights so close together on the roads they text-and-drive on. :)
Precisely the point I was trying to make, thank you for letting me know I was coherent.
Now, if it's that obvious to a non-driver that certain non-driving tasks are ok while driving and other are not, why can't more drivers get the message?
Texting, or doing anything else that significantly impairs your ability to drive, while driving, is saying "Oh, hey, I'm gonna get on the road and kill someone tonight."
That doesn't sound involuntary to me; nor does it sound like manslaughter.
If you wave a gun around in a crowd and it goes off, killing someone, you face murder charges. This looks just different enough that many people don't equate the two; trust me, it's exactly the same.