I gave ubuntu a shot about a year ago. It was on relatively old hardware... 1.8Ghz Athlon, GeForce 6600, etc.
It did not work. In fact, it was an absolute disaster. I hand to manually edit my grub file to even get it to boot properly, and then there was no proper drivers for my video card so I ended up installing 3 different ones before I found one that would work, nor did I even bother trying to get the video out on my vid card to work. Software was also abysmal. There's nothing comparable to Photoshop for the platform (don't even say a word about GIMP, it's not in the same league at all). I tend to listen to a lot of music while I work, so I went through several different music players, most of which was atrocious. Eventually I came across Banshee which was decent but had some absolutely horrible UI design.
Last spring I built myself a new computer. I didn't even hesitate to purchase a copy of Windows 7 to go with it. And guess what? When I installed Windows 7 it 'Just Worked'. Linux only works for servers or people who have simple computing needs that could just as easily be accommodated by using a tablet. Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely LOVE to ditch Windows just because I prefer open source (especially for something as fundamental as an OS) but it's just not there yet. It does not meet my needs. It's unfortunate, but Windows still has a use and I don't see that changing any time soon.
You don't riot for 3 days unless there's fuel for that spark to burn. Saying it's those damn young'ns is disingenuous.
Not long ago they were rioting over changes to education. What's the difference between people that just want to "smash shit up" and people being tired of their government, the rich getting richer and the lack of accountability of civil servants (including police)?
Re:This site works best with...
on
OK Go Goes HTML5
·
· Score: 1
I wouldn't really call it astonishing. They are ahead of Firefox but not by much and some of their implementations are very rushed proof of concepts that will have to be re-written to match the changing standards.
For example, if you look at the implementations of the gradient property, everyone handles it the exact same standards compliant way, but older versions of chrome (under version 10) have some really screwed up and non-intuitive syntax to follow for it.
The whole point of standards is to future proof your site so that it will render properly in all current and future browsers. If you take advantage of some feature in a browser that's only in the proposal stages, odds are that functionality will break by the time it reaches working draft status.
Minecraft is probably the most original and interesting game to come out in the past 5 years so I don't think it has anything to do with luck.
I bought Minecraft over a year ago and I still enjoy tinkering with it. The game is the ultimate sandbox. It has a universal and timeless appeal. To say "the only wonder about Minecraft is the sudden amount of attention it got" is doing the game a great diservice. Minecraft is a complex, nuanced game where the player decides what his experience will be and it can be anything from exploration, combat or construction. The only gameplay limits are your ingenuity and creativity. How is Minecraft NOT deserving of all the attention and acclaim it's received?
Uh.... I haven't noticed much difference in rendering between FF 4 or 5. If you follow the standards, your website should work in all versions of Firefox unless you're expressly using something that older browsers don't support. This isn't IE where rendering randomly changes with every version.
Normally I hate TV but my girlfriend got me into The Big Bang Theory. It's your standard laugh track filled prime time sitcom (which annoys me) but there's a physicist, theoretical physicist, areospace engineer, astrophysicist and a waitress struggling to be an actress as the main characters. The group do random expirements, have geeky to the point of being cool pastimes and some aspect of science is brought up in every episode.
We need more shows/films/games like this. Something that makes it culturally cool to be smart, productive and educated members of society. You know... instead of having TV dad's that are borderline retarded and have to be chastised every 5 minutes by their superficial bitchy wife.
There is absolutely no reason why PSN can't be free and secure at the same time. Every game bought through the PSN justifies it's infrastructure and if Sony wants to do online transactions like that, then they had better make sure their system has the appropriate security.
Besides, Xbox Live is a con job. Free works perfectly fine. If you've used the vastly superior Steam then you know what I'm talking about. How MS managed to convince people to pay for multiplayer and trivial things like themes and avatar accessories is beyond me and saddening to say the least.
Rather than posting this on Slashdot, why not email Gabe Newell directly? Your argument is sound. Might as well present it to the one person that this kind of information will have an impact on. He is very well known for responding to all his emails eventually.
I've had a similar experience. Every time I install Ubuntu, GRUB messes up and I have manually edit the boot loader to get my computer to even boot poperly. Ubuntu also failed to properly indentify my video card and I have manually install drivers to get my native screen res to work. I never even bothered to try and get my TV output working because I knew it would just be another headache.
I recently built myself a new computer (P8P67, i5 2500k, GTX 570, 6GB/s Sata III SSD). Windows 7 went on there smooth as butter. Why would I ever bother with Ubuntu when Windows is so pain free? I love the concept behind Linux but it's just too problematic and the solutions to those problems aren't very simple or straightforward.
It might just be my setup (windows on master hd, ubuntu on slave) but when I first installed it, GRUB messed up and wouldn't boot. I had to manually edit the boot loader to make Ubuntu work. Last night I installed 11.04, system reboots and guess what! System won't boot. Another GRUB error. At that point I turned off my computer and said to hell with it.
I'm somewhat computer savvy as well. I build my own desktops, I've installed win98, win2k, winXP and Vista on machines before. If I'm having this much trouble with Linux (my difficulties go well beyond the GRUB problems) then I can only imagine the difficulties someone less techinical would have. Linux is a great server OS, but it's still not ready for desktop use. I love open source as a concept but I find most software developed in this manor to be lacking (GIMP, I'm looking your way).
Financial services are important but when financial services are valued and rewarded more than actually creating/manufacturing/producing something physical of worth, you have an upside down pyramid that's eventually going to collapse on itself. Which is pretty much what's happening to the US right now.
Even if you don't think the financial services industry needs to be destroyed, I hope you can at least see the need to reduce it and limit it's profitability.
Your argument is invalid. Assume you can instantly make millions of copies of your birdhouse for absolutely nothing. You can hold onto your birdhouse and ask whatever you want for it but that doesn't change the fact that your birdhouse can be replicated instantly with minimal effort. Why would I pay $50,000 for something that can be so easily replicated?
More importantly, if I live in a developing country, your birdhouse may not even be for sale there or have the heafty price tag of $500,000,000 due to currency differences. I simply cannot afford your asking price. And it's not that people don't want your birdhouse, it's that you're charging an unreasonable amount for it; after all, everything is worth what a purchaser is willing to pay for it.
In the end, I don't view it as a matter of ethics but rather the digital age undermining the value of packaged goods. I don't need a physical package to enjoy music, movies or a video game and seeing as the production costs of a digital item is non-existant, I expect to pay less. Entertainment as physical product will be a luxury item in 10 years.
This news story sounds like it what was submitted by an EA publicist.
A lot of people have taken issue with the dumbed down combat, limited customization options, extremely linear story, bad graphics and a dialogue wheel that is essentially broken into compassionate, obnoxious or humourous responses. This game is a pale impression of it's predecessor. It seems kind of ironic that the series designed to resurrect the cRPG may be the very thing that destroys it. Before buying this game, read this article and save yourself some money.
You're talking about the same companies that knew IPv4 addresses were rapidly depleting for years and are just now taking steps to implement IPv6. Their main concern is minimizing expenses while maximizing profit. The less your average user uses, the more users they can squeeze onto the same pipe. I'm pretty sure most ISPs would love it if everyone bought an $80 data plan and only used it to check their email. There's no room for long term planning when you have shareholders that expect constant short term growth.
I use Firefox as my main browser. If I didn't, then I would use Chrome. Neither support H.264. How is it a defacto standard when 40% of internet users don't use it?
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World did not do "quite well".
At the box office, it grossed $47,651,508 worldwide. The move cost $60,000,000 to make. Reference. I know it's had strong disc sales, but I don't think Scott Pilgrim is considered much of a success. Usually it's referred to as a flop.
If she's so talented, why the hell does she need a music label? The internet provides anyone with natural talent and enough ambition to cut out the middleman entirely. If she's really dedicated to the art, she's going to work hard at it anyways so I don't see what she gains by having a couple of corporate overlords diluting her artistic creations to the point where it's ready for mass consumption on the radio.
It's 2011. The world has changed. The music industry has changed. This is the twilight of the mega pop star and I couldn't be happier for it. A shining example of this is The Arcade Fire winning the album of the year Grammy over Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry. Times are changing. It's a shame your friend is clinging to such dated ideals.
I work for a telecom dealer that specializes in fulfilling corporate needs. All corporate sales are done through our website. A few of our clients are security companies. One of them (which will go unnamed) has a key purchaser who is completely computer illiterate. When trying to troubleshoot her difficulties using our website, I asked what browser she was using. She replied "Office 2003".
After patiently instructing her on how to determine her browser and version number, it turned out she was using IE6. That was about 2 years ago. They still use IE6 to this day and have no intentions of switching off of it. Having dealt with a large variety of companies over the years, I think security firms are the most technically inept and the most likely to completely disregard online security.
I can't right click and view source with Flash. With HTML, it takes about 2 seconds. Are you seriously comparing a pre-compiled, all encompassing file format to tags in the HTML spec?
Slashdot Mirror
I gave ubuntu a shot about a year ago. It was on relatively old hardware... 1.8Ghz Athlon, GeForce 6600, etc.
It did not work. In fact, it was an absolute disaster. I hand to manually edit my grub file to even get it to boot properly, and then there was no proper drivers for my video card so I ended up installing 3 different ones before I found one that would work, nor did I even bother trying to get the video out on my vid card to work. Software was also abysmal. There's nothing comparable to Photoshop for the platform (don't even say a word about GIMP, it's not in the same league at all). I tend to listen to a lot of music while I work, so I went through several different music players, most of which was atrocious. Eventually I came across Banshee which was decent but had some absolutely horrible UI design.
Last spring I built myself a new computer. I didn't even hesitate to purchase a copy of Windows 7 to go with it. And guess what? When I installed Windows 7 it 'Just Worked'. Linux only works for servers or people who have simple computing needs that could just as easily be accommodated by using a tablet. Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely LOVE to ditch Windows just because I prefer open source (especially for something as fundamental as an OS) but it's just not there yet. It does not meet my needs. It's unfortunate, but Windows still has a use and I don't see that changing any time soon.
If that's really the MPs approach, I'm not surprised people are rioting.
You don't riot for 3 days unless there's fuel for that spark to burn. Saying it's those damn young'ns is disingenuous.
Not long ago they were rioting over changes to education. What's the difference between people that just want to "smash shit up" and people being tired of their government, the rich getting richer and the lack of accountability of civil servants (including police)?
Good sir, are you suggesting I piss on my lawn?
I wouldn't really call it astonishing. They are ahead of Firefox but not by much and some of their implementations are very rushed proof of concepts that will have to be re-written to match the changing standards.
For example, if you look at the implementations of the gradient property, everyone handles it the exact same standards compliant way, but older versions of chrome (under version 10) have some really screwed up and non-intuitive syntax to follow for it.
The whole point of standards is to future proof your site so that it will render properly in all current and future browsers. If you take advantage of some feature in a browser that's only in the proposal stages, odds are that functionality will break by the time it reaches working draft status.
They really need to make a Mass Effect movie.
Bullshit. They are halting production of the Roadster just like they planned so they can focus on Model S production: http://www.technologyblogged.com/technology-news/tesla-halting-roadster-production-focuses-on-model-s
Why would a company that's doing exactly what they said they would do be shutting down?
Minecraft is probably the most original and interesting game to come out in the past 5 years so I don't think it has anything to do with luck.
I bought Minecraft over a year ago and I still enjoy tinkering with it. The game is the ultimate sandbox. It has a universal and timeless appeal. To say "the only wonder about Minecraft is the sudden amount of attention it got" is doing the game a great diservice. Minecraft is a complex, nuanced game where the player decides what his experience will be and it can be anything from exploration, combat or construction. The only gameplay limits are your ingenuity and creativity. How is Minecraft NOT deserving of all the attention and acclaim it's received?
Uh.... I haven't noticed much difference in rendering between FF 4 or 5. If you follow the standards, your website should work in all versions of Firefox unless you're expressly using something that older browsers don't support. This isn't IE where rendering randomly changes with every version.
Normally I hate TV but my girlfriend got me into The Big Bang Theory. It's your standard laugh track filled prime time sitcom (which annoys me) but there's a physicist, theoretical physicist, areospace engineer, astrophysicist and a waitress struggling to be an actress as the main characters. The group do random expirements, have geeky to the point of being cool pastimes and some aspect of science is brought up in every episode.
We need more shows/films/games like this. Something that makes it culturally cool to be smart, productive and educated members of society. You know... instead of having TV dad's that are borderline retarded and have to be chastised every 5 minutes by their superficial bitchy wife.
There is absolutely no reason why PSN can't be free and secure at the same time. Every game bought through the PSN justifies it's infrastructure and if Sony wants to do online transactions like that, then they had better make sure their system has the appropriate security.
Besides, Xbox Live is a con job. Free works perfectly fine. If you've used the vastly superior Steam then you know what I'm talking about. How MS managed to convince people to pay for multiplayer and trivial things like themes and avatar accessories is beyond me and saddening to say the least.
Rather than posting this on Slashdot, why not email Gabe Newell directly? Your argument is sound. Might as well present it to the one person that this kind of information will have an impact on. He is very well known for responding to all his emails eventually.
Give it a shot:
gaben@valvesoftware.com
I've had a similar experience. Every time I install Ubuntu, GRUB messes up and I have manually edit the boot loader to get my computer to even boot poperly. Ubuntu also failed to properly indentify my video card and I have manually install drivers to get my native screen res to work. I never even bothered to try and get my TV output working because I knew it would just be another headache.
I recently built myself a new computer (P8P67, i5 2500k, GTX 570, 6GB/s Sata III SSD). Windows 7 went on there smooth as butter. Why would I ever bother with Ubuntu when Windows is so pain free? I love the concept behind Linux but it's just too problematic and the solutions to those problems aren't very simple or straightforward.
It might just be my setup (windows on master hd, ubuntu on slave) but when I first installed it, GRUB messed up and wouldn't boot. I had to manually edit the boot loader to make Ubuntu work. Last night I installed 11.04, system reboots and guess what! System won't boot. Another GRUB error. At that point I turned off my computer and said to hell with it.
I'm somewhat computer savvy as well. I build my own desktops, I've installed win98, win2k, winXP and Vista on machines before. If I'm having this much trouble with Linux (my difficulties go well beyond the GRUB problems) then I can only imagine the difficulties someone less techinical would have. Linux is a great server OS, but it's still not ready for desktop use. I love open source as a concept but I find most software developed in this manor to be lacking (GIMP, I'm looking your way).
Financial services are important but when financial services are valued and rewarded more than actually creating/manufacturing/producing something physical of worth, you have an upside down pyramid that's eventually going to collapse on itself. Which is pretty much what's happening to the US right now.
Even if you don't think the financial services industry needs to be destroyed, I hope you can at least see the need to reduce it and limit it's profitability.
Your argument is invalid. Assume you can instantly make millions of copies of your birdhouse for absolutely nothing. You can hold onto your birdhouse and ask whatever you want for it but that doesn't change the fact that your birdhouse can be replicated instantly with minimal effort. Why would I pay $50,000 for something that can be so easily replicated?
More importantly, if I live in a developing country, your birdhouse may not even be for sale there or have the heafty price tag of $500,000,000 due to currency differences. I simply cannot afford your asking price. And it's not that people don't want your birdhouse, it's that you're charging an unreasonable amount for it; after all, everything is worth what a purchaser is willing to pay for it.
In the end, I don't view it as a matter of ethics but rather the digital age undermining the value of packaged goods. I don't need a physical package to enjoy music, movies or a video game and seeing as the production costs of a digital item is non-existant, I expect to pay less. Entertainment as physical product will be a luxury item in 10 years.
This news story sounds like it what was submitted by an EA publicist.
A lot of people have taken issue with the dumbed down combat, limited customization options, extremely linear story, bad graphics and a dialogue wheel that is essentially broken into compassionate, obnoxious or humourous responses. This game is a pale impression of it's predecessor. It seems kind of ironic that the series designed to resurrect the cRPG may be the very thing that destroys it. Before buying this game, read this article and save yourself some money.
You're talking about the same companies that knew IPv4 addresses were rapidly depleting for years and are just now taking steps to implement IPv6. Their main concern is minimizing expenses while maximizing profit. The less your average user uses, the more users they can squeeze onto the same pipe. I'm pretty sure most ISPs would love it if everyone bought an $80 data plan and only used it to check their email. There's no room for long term planning when you have shareholders that expect constant short term growth.
How is it any different than downloading FLV files? I've never used Hulu, but I assume it's just as easy as Youtube to download the video files.
Say what?
I use Firefox as my main browser. If I didn't, then I would use Chrome. Neither support H.264. How is it a defacto standard when 40% of internet users don't use it?
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World did not do "quite well".
At the box office, it grossed $47,651,508 worldwide. The move cost $60,000,000 to make. Reference. I know it's had strong disc sales, but I don't think Scott Pilgrim is considered much of a success. Usually it's referred to as a flop.
If she's so talented, why the hell does she need a music label? The internet provides anyone with natural talent and enough ambition to cut out the middleman entirely. If she's really dedicated to the art, she's going to work hard at it anyways so I don't see what she gains by having a couple of corporate overlords diluting her artistic creations to the point where it's ready for mass consumption on the radio.
It's 2011. The world has changed. The music industry has changed. This is the twilight of the mega pop star and I couldn't be happier for it. A shining example of this is The Arcade Fire winning the album of the year Grammy over Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry. Times are changing. It's a shame your friend is clinging to such dated ideals.
I work for a telecom dealer that specializes in fulfilling corporate needs. All corporate sales are done through our website. A few of our clients are security companies. One of them (which will go unnamed) has a key purchaser who is completely computer illiterate. When trying to troubleshoot her difficulties using our website, I asked what browser she was using. She replied "Office 2003".
After patiently instructing her on how to determine her browser and version number, it turned out she was using IE6. That was about 2 years ago. They still use IE6 to this day and have no intentions of switching off of it. Having dealt with a large variety of companies over the years, I think security firms are the most technically inept and the most likely to completely disregard online security.
I can't right click and view source with Flash. With HTML, it takes about 2 seconds. Are you seriously comparing a pre-compiled, all encompassing file format to tags in the HTML spec?
Homer was an Astronaut in the episode Deep Space Homer.
Just sayin'