Do you want a $20 joypad that plugs into the wiimote you already have, or a $40 wireless one with non-removable added battery weight to hold (batteries which you'll either need to buy an extra set of or swap from/to a wiimote incessantly)?
That made me laugh -- apparently even Microsoft knows the security on its product is so bad that they have to ship it locked completely down. If they can't even trust their product, why should I?
If you think that's bad, wait until you see how bad OpenBSD's security is~
After a few flashes, why don't they just silently invert the colors on the icon or rectangle (or give it a halo or something) on the task bar so that it sits there quietly, STFU, stays still, and lets you get to it in your own time?
Funnily enough, you just described exactly what KDE does.
The XP system that I am using right now doesn't allow me to select 'Stereo Mix', probably because either the motherboard chipset or the drivers do not support it. Why jump to the conclusion that it is Microsoft's fault and not lousy hardware?
Because my PC had that same problem under XP, and not in Linux.
They don't just host a few links, they celebrate the idea of "illegal" downloads.
Define "legal".
Define it in a way that demonizes this sharing of culture, bearing in mind that since you're trying to claim moral high ground, you have to word your definition to avoid including various atrocities committed by dictators in the last century, people who write the law.
My original question was exactly about one of the things I would consider to be of major importance: the ability to play blue-ray movies on the desktop.
Linux plays HD video fine already. Your problem is that you're clinging on to a proprietary format.
Nobody complains that there's no minidisc playback support.
I accidentally bought a Savage4 once, because the only other thing the shop stocked were low-profile-slot GeForce 440MXs. It had problems running 2D, let alone 3D apps.
Just for fun: Power button to login, typing the URL to stackoverflow.com and letting it load = 1m10
This is on a stock eee701, with Debian+Xfce+Firefox. There's two big slowdowns - it takes several seconds to react to pressing the power button unless the AC is connected, and having an SD card in adds about 5 seconds. The SSD access LED isn't on constantly so I think there's room for improvement.
My real dislike with it is that resuming from standby takes almost as long as a cold boot.
Look, the other day, our benevolent leader Linus stated: "Multiple Distributions "Absolutely Required..," as if that would help in stemming Microsoft's progress.
You can pry my ebuilds from my cold, dead hands, commie.
The human eye doesn't operate using "frames" at all - if anything it's closer to a stream of delta-encoded images. That's why a 25fps movie with motion blur has been acceptable for the past century, whereas 25fps games look horrible.
Just to be an asshole, I'm going to correct you too with a car analogy!
GEM is working on Intel because they're the ones who initially wrote it. It's a bit like showing up at a road race with an antigravity mach-1 craft invented in secret, then handing out schematics to it to the other drivers and speeding off over the horizon.
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HDMI is a terrible connector interface, the worst I've ever seen
You've never seen a SCART connector then.
Do you want a $20 joypad that plugs into the wiimote you already have, or a $40 wireless one with non-removable added battery weight to hold (batteries which you'll either need to buy an extra set of or swap from/to a wiimote incessantly)?
It worked for Spore.
No it didn't. Spore is still typical EA shovelware. It'd be a piece of shit with or without DRM.
That made me laugh -- apparently even Microsoft knows the security on its product is so bad that they have to ship it locked completely down. If they can't even trust their product, why should I?
If you think that's bad, wait until you see how bad OpenBSD's security is~
After a few flashes, why don't they just silently invert the colors on the icon or rectangle (or give it a halo or something) on the task bar so that it sits there quietly, STFU, stays still, and lets you get to it in your own time?
Funnily enough, you just described exactly what KDE does.
I think you mean X10. It's quite capable of being an X11 outlet.
In that case, you're still the douchebag that built said device and pointed a loaded gun at someone's head. Good luck in THAT trial.
EGCS, duh.
OpenFirmware is proprietary? How many platforms does the x86 BIOS run on, again?
But they have shiny metal cases! Obviously worth the $800 price difference!
Even using Google isn't even necessary in this case; the add/remove window has a built in search feature. GP is either ignorant or bullshitting.
The XP system that I am using right now doesn't allow me to select 'Stereo Mix', probably because either the motherboard chipset or the drivers do not support it. Why jump to the conclusion that it is Microsoft's fault and not lousy hardware?
Because my PC had that same problem under XP, and not in Linux.
They don't just host a few links, they celebrate the idea of "illegal" downloads.
Define "legal".
Define it in a way that demonizes this sharing of culture, bearing in mind that since you're trying to claim moral high ground, you have to word your definition to avoid including various atrocities committed by dictators in the last century, people who write the law.
Go on, I dare you.
My original question was exactly about one of the things I would consider to be of major importance: the ability to play blue-ray movies on the desktop.
Linux plays HD video fine already. Your problem is that you're clinging on to a proprietary format.
Nobody complains that there's no minidisc playback support.
I accidentally bought a Savage4 once, because the only other thing the shop stocked were low-profile-slot GeForce 440MXs. It had problems running 2D, let alone 3D apps.
Just for fun: Power button to login, typing the URL to stackoverflow.com and letting it load = 1m10
This is on a stock eee701, with Debian+Xfce+Firefox. There's two big slowdowns - it takes several seconds to react to pressing the power button unless the AC is connected, and having an SD card in adds about 5 seconds. The SSD access LED isn't on constantly so I think there's room for improvement.
My real dislike with it is that resuming from standby takes almost as long as a cold boot.
Err... Please tell me that I'm missing something here.
How about the s? On the end of "pages"?
So... what's that xf86-video-geode driver for then?
If people were more open to ratting out pirates, windows would disappear over the course of a month or two.
Look, the other day, our benevolent leader Linus stated: "Multiple Distributions "Absolutely Required..," as if that would help in stemming Microsoft's progress.
You can pry my ebuilds from my cold, dead hands, commie.
The human eye doesn't operate using "frames" at all - if anything it's closer to a stream of delta-encoded images. That's why a 25fps movie with motion blur has been acceptable for the past century, whereas 25fps games look horrible.
Second two are plausible, but what 16-bit app exists that wouldn't run at an acceptable speed under emulation on even a low-end 64-bit machine?
Just to be an asshole, I'm going to correct you too with a car analogy!
GEM is working on Intel because they're the ones who initially wrote it. It's a bit like showing up at a road race with an antigravity mach-1 craft invented in secret, then handing out schematics to it to the other drivers and speeding off over the horizon.
These similarities are no coincidence, you know.
From the wording of his post, I wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who made it.