When I sit down with a fully unlocked save file and every cheat code I can find, GTA becomes one of the greatest games ever and I can just play it for hours on end. Occasionally I try to start from the beginning and play the missions and, to be honest, it's god awful. Everything I've heard seems say that the GTA IV missions are better, and I hope that is so, but god damn some of the things you have to do those games are just retarded. One of the earlier missions in San Andreas involves tapping buttons quickly to win a low rider contest. What the fuck? I just want to kill hookers.
We built the F-117 and the B-2 because during the Cold War we actually needed planes that could go in and bomb targets without being seen. Today there are very few occasions where we will have to send in bombers without having air superiority (usually only the very very beginning of campaigns like the first few days of Gulf War Dos). That's why our primary bomber is a 50 year old airframe (B-52). The F-117 and B-2 are now just massively expensive to operate, hold far fewer bombs (the B1-B suffers from the same problem but is not nearly as expensive), and really don't serve any useful purpose 90% of the time.
I'm sure early browsers (WorldWideWeb, Mosaic) had fairly accurate implementations of HTML, but it just sort of got out of hand from there. But the problem here is that there is no conforming implementation and there never was.
I think you've convinced yourself it's ready for the masses. It's not. Don't try to pretend it is. Is it being targeted towards the casual user? Absolutely. But it's hard to actually make it usable for casual users when people like you think that goal has already been reached.
It's Slashdot, did you honestly not expect that? They will NOT post an article that has any relation to Microsoft without first finding a reason to flame them.
"Bill Gates Rescues Drowning Panda." Well, you know, Pandas are just as deadly as other bears. THANKS BILL. MORE EVIL BEARS TO KILL US ALL.
"Analyst Admits Open Source Will Quietly Take Over"
No. That's not what he says. He says that in four years, 90% of business will use open-source directly or in embedded devices. So in four years, if 90% of business have one guy with an Android phone, he will be right.
I don't see why I even come to Slashdot anymore. I used to like it because it was less bullshit than Digg, but now it's the exact opposite. What the fuck are the editors doing these days? Every other article I read is a quote taken out of context to mean "OPEN-SOURCE WINS EPIC LULZ."
Do you even have any idea what you are talking about? Did you read the article whatsoever? It's not a patent, it's a trademark on using a specific shade of a color in the mobile phone industry. Since Engadget Mobile deals primarily with that industry, T-Mobile has a very vague legal claim to ask them to stop using magenta. It probably wouldn't hold up in court, which is why they asked so nicely. I just don't think they expected Engadget to react like twelve year olds.
First off, it's a specific shade of magenta and in a specific industry; they can't just go around yelling at everyone to stop using it. A good example would be if FedEx painted all their trucks UPS brown. I don't think a single person would disagree that that is massive trademark infringement. I think T-Mobile realizes that they have almost no chance of this claim holding up in court, which is why their letter was so nice; they were basically just asking Engadget to do them a favor and stopping using their color on their mobile site. Engadget, instead of just doing it, or even saying, "you can't do anything, we're not changing it," decided to be spiteful little douchebags. Look at their site now: they've recreated the T-Mobile logo, in magenta, in their site's logo. They've gone from barely trademark infringement, to undeniable and flagrant trademark infringement. I hope they get their pants sued off, or at least the threat of, so next time they'll act like adults and not angry 12 year olds.
Oh yeah, let's stay away from Vista because Creative is an insanely greedy company and purposely crippled their drivers. That's definitely the fault of the OS.
Safari and Opera have more like 8% of the market (combined), so your point is even more true. Also, it just seems like they are going to keep making new Acid tests whenever browsers start rendering the old ones; no one will ever be compliant. It's almost pointless, except that pointless competition usually ends up paying dividends in the long run (see: Folding/Seti/Genome at Home).
When Windows 7 launches sometime after the start of 2010, the desktop OS will be Microsoft's most 'modular' operating system to date. That's not necessarily a good thing, of course; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. That is the quote the submitter includes in his summary. The article is much different:
Unification isn't necessarily a good thing, however; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. The submitter tries to compare a modular OS to Vista, thus turning this into a negative story. The reality is that Vista is the exact opposite of modular, and this should be a great improvement (as long as it doesn't drain us of money).
I think the idea is that if you don't want that stuff, buy a different version. You also may be able to uninstall some features (but I don't know about Media Center). I completely agree though, just removing unneeded features doesn't seem like something that could ever harm Microsoft, but who knows, they don't seem to want you to uninstall IE - which reminds me of one major Vista problem. Firefox will NOT set as default browser. I set it constantly and it always has to do it again on FF startup; in addition, the Default Programs area is incredibly useless.
"At least one university liberal enough to accept the deeply flawed and mostly rejected Vista OS is recommending faculty and students stay away from SP1."
I wonder if by this you mean that they are ignorant enough to recommend against a service pack that, on the four systems I've installed on, works great and improves any troubles I've had with Vista. I still wonder just how few of the people who call Vista "deeply flawed" have actually tried it (my guess is four).
I just installed SP1 personally on four machines (Ultimate 64, Ultimate 32, and two Premium 32) and had zero problems; in fact, many areas of the OS seem improved i.e. file copying. In addition, all the comments I read on Engadget and and Gizmodo were pretty positive as far as people who actually installed it. I can't say I didn't expect Slashdot to post an article bashing SP1, but I guess I always like to hope that one day they will take a non-biased point of view on SOMETHING in regards to Microsoft.
Well, no, what's happening is that Apple computers are more expensive. There's no need to try to tilt the numbers (more) in Apple's favor because their products cost more.
An engine, I believe, is a game that further drives sales. I don't think there is any way to drive Wii sales higher, considering they are selling them as fast as they can make them.
I don't want to be viewed as a fanboy, it's just that unless Nintendo invests in another factory (which they won't), their sales really have nowhere to go but down.
Well first off I'd just like to say that I'm not comparing the Eee to Windows, I'm comparing the Eee's stripped down OS to a full OS SUCH AS Windows or, like I also mentioned, a full distro of Linux. Frankly I don't care what 3rd party applications Asus decided to install on the Eee, that's just not what I am comparing here. The fact remains that the Eee is running a very stripped down version of Linux; that's the whole point. Every application you listed is pretty basic; i.e. apps that don't require significant processing power or OS resources. You simply cannot compare a purpose-built, extra-simple OS to a full-featured OS like Windows, OS X, or most Linux distros. It's just not the same.
You are ALMOST as ridiculous as Paultards. I almost want to give you the push over the top and say you are more absurd because of your double-use of FUD, but you feel short of the hat trick that would've almost certainly made you top dog. Let's break down your comment, shall we? 1. Attack my experience with said product. 2. Attack my credibility (FUD OH NO HE'S A FUDDER M$). 3. List of things that don't prove anything. 4. Attack my credibility again (this is a good writing style, bookend your arguments) 5. Act like the onus is on me to defend myself when you haven't defended your point whatsoever.
A- for effort, F for outcome.
The people who can't play Doom 3 don't play games. If your system cannot play Doom 3 then it can't play any PC game that's been released in the past two years; i.e. you are not a PC gamer, you are a person with a computer. There's not a single game on the market that requires the specs you listed. You are a fool. Why you have been modded 5 is beyond me.
Just because the Eee OS is tabbed and simpler than normal Linux doesn't mean it's suddenly better than Windows. It lacks probably 90% of functionality that Windows and a full distro has.
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When I sit down with a fully unlocked save file and every cheat code I can find, GTA becomes one of the greatest games ever and I can just play it for hours on end. Occasionally I try to start from the beginning and play the missions and, to be honest, it's god awful. Everything I've heard seems say that the GTA IV missions are better, and I hope that is so, but god damn some of the things you have to do those games are just retarded. One of the earlier missions in San Andreas involves tapping buttons quickly to win a low rider contest. What the fuck? I just want to kill hookers.
We built the F-117 and the B-2 because during the Cold War we actually needed planes that could go in and bomb targets without being seen. Today there are very few occasions where we will have to send in bombers without having air superiority (usually only the very very beginning of campaigns like the first few days of Gulf War Dos). That's why our primary bomber is a 50 year old airframe (B-52). The F-117 and B-2 are now just massively expensive to operate, hold far fewer bombs (the B1-B suffers from the same problem but is not nearly as expensive), and really don't serve any useful purpose 90% of the time.
I'm sure early browsers (WorldWideWeb, Mosaic) had fairly accurate implementations of HTML, but it just sort of got out of hand from there. But the problem here is that there is no conforming implementation and there never was.
I think you've convinced yourself it's ready for the masses. It's not. Don't try to pretend it is. Is it being targeted towards the casual user? Absolutely. But it's hard to actually make it usable for casual users when people like you think that goal has already been reached.
It's Slashdot, did you honestly not expect that? They will NOT post an article that has any relation to Microsoft without first finding a reason to flame them.
"Bill Gates Rescues Drowning Panda." Well, you know, Pandas are just as deadly as other bears. THANKS BILL. MORE EVIL BEARS TO KILL US ALL.
"Analyst Admits Open Source Will Quietly Take Over"
No. That's not what he says. He says that in four years, 90% of business will use open-source directly or in embedded devices. So in four years, if 90% of business have one guy with an Android phone, he will be right.
I don't see why I even come to Slashdot anymore. I used to like it because it was less bullshit than Digg, but now it's the exact opposite. What the fuck are the editors doing these days? Every other article I read is a quote taken out of context to mean "OPEN-SOURCE WINS EPIC LULZ."
It's not an April Fool's Joke, it's just the fact that they sent them a letter on March 31.
Do you even have any idea what you are talking about? Did you read the article whatsoever? It's not a patent, it's a trademark on using a specific shade of a color in the mobile phone industry. Since Engadget Mobile deals primarily with that industry, T-Mobile has a very vague legal claim to ask them to stop using magenta. It probably wouldn't hold up in court, which is why they asked so nicely. I just don't think they expected Engadget to react like twelve year olds.
Well T-Mobile were never douchebags, they acted incredibly nicely, and it doesn't matter if it's a joke, it's still patent infringement.
First off, it's a specific shade of magenta and in a specific industry; they can't just go around yelling at everyone to stop using it. A good example would be if FedEx painted all their trucks UPS brown. I don't think a single person would disagree that that is massive trademark infringement. I think T-Mobile realizes that they have almost no chance of this claim holding up in court, which is why their letter was so nice; they were basically just asking Engadget to do them a favor and stopping using their color on their mobile site. Engadget, instead of just doing it, or even saying, "you can't do anything, we're not changing it," decided to be spiteful little douchebags. Look at their site now: they've recreated the T-Mobile logo, in magenta, in their site's logo. They've gone from barely trademark infringement, to undeniable and flagrant trademark infringement. I hope they get their pants sued off, or at least the threat of, so next time they'll act like adults and not angry 12 year olds.
Oh yeah, let's stay away from Vista because Creative is an insanely greedy company and purposely crippled their drivers. That's definitely the fault of the OS.
Safari and Opera have more like 8% of the market (combined), so your point is even more true. Also, it just seems like they are going to keep making new Acid tests whenever browsers start rendering the old ones; no one will ever be compliant. It's almost pointless, except that pointless competition usually ends up paying dividends in the long run (see: Folding/Seti/Genome at Home).
You are a joke. Honestly Linux people, sit down and have a talk with this guy, he's making you look bad.
Unification isn't necessarily a good thing, however; Windows Vista is a sprawling, complex OS. The submitter tries to compare a modular OS to Vista, thus turning this into a negative story. The reality is that Vista is the exact opposite of modular, and this should be a great improvement (as long as it doesn't drain us of money).
I think the idea is that if you don't want that stuff, buy a different version. You also may be able to uninstall some features (but I don't know about Media Center). I completely agree though, just removing unneeded features doesn't seem like something that could ever harm Microsoft, but who knows, they don't seem to want you to uninstall IE - which reminds me of one major Vista problem. Firefox will NOT set as default browser. I set it constantly and it always has to do it again on FF startup; in addition, the Default Programs area is incredibly useless.
"At least one university liberal enough to accept the deeply flawed and mostly rejected Vista OS is recommending faculty and students stay away from SP1."
I wonder if by this you mean that they are ignorant enough to recommend against a service pack that, on the four systems I've installed on, works great and improves any troubles I've had with Vista. I still wonder just how few of the people who call Vista "deeply flawed" have actually tried it (my guess is four).
Flamebait? Are you kidding me? Look at the tag Slashdot has so tactfully chosen: "haha." The Slashdot post is flamebait, not mine.
I just installed SP1 personally on four machines (Ultimate 64, Ultimate 32, and two Premium 32) and had zero problems; in fact, many areas of the OS seem improved i.e. file copying. In addition, all the comments I read on Engadget and and Gizmodo were pretty positive as far as people who actually installed it. I can't say I didn't expect Slashdot to post an article bashing SP1, but I guess I always like to hope that one day they will take a non-biased point of view on SOMETHING in regards to Microsoft.
Well, no, what's happening is that Apple computers are more expensive. There's no need to try to tilt the numbers (more) in Apple's favor because their products cost more.
An engine, I believe, is a game that further drives sales. I don't think there is any way to drive Wii sales higher, considering they are selling them as fast as they can make them.
I don't want to be viewed as a fanboy, it's just that unless Nintendo invests in another factory (which they won't), their sales really have nowhere to go but down.
Well first off I'd just like to say that I'm not comparing the Eee to Windows, I'm comparing the Eee's stripped down OS to a full OS SUCH AS Windows or, like I also mentioned, a full distro of Linux. Frankly I don't care what 3rd party applications Asus decided to install on the Eee, that's just not what I am comparing here. The fact remains that the Eee is running a very stripped down version of Linux; that's the whole point. Every application you listed is pretty basic; i.e. apps that don't require significant processing power or OS resources. You simply cannot compare a purpose-built, extra-simple OS to a full-featured OS like Windows, OS X, or most Linux distros. It's just not the same.
You are ALMOST as ridiculous as Paultards. I almost want to give you the push over the top and say you are more absurd because of your double-use of FUD, but you feel short of the hat trick that would've almost certainly made you top dog. Let's break down your comment, shall we?
1. Attack my experience with said product.
2. Attack my credibility (FUD OH NO HE'S A FUDDER M$).
3. List of things that don't prove anything.
4. Attack my credibility again (this is a good writing style, bookend your arguments)
5. Act like the onus is on me to defend myself when you haven't defended your point whatsoever.
A- for effort, F for outcome.
You physically cannot run Crysis with a 64MB graphics card. It's just not possible, there are too many textures.
The people who can't play Doom 3 don't play games. If your system cannot play Doom 3 then it can't play any PC game that's been released in the past two years; i.e. you are not a PC gamer, you are a person with a computer. There's not a single game on the market that requires the specs you listed. You are a fool. Why you have been modded 5 is beyond me.
Just because the Eee OS is tabbed and simpler than normal Linux doesn't mean it's suddenly better than Windows. It lacks probably 90% of functionality that Windows and a full distro has.
I'd advise Safari users to stop using Paypal.