Takes a while to get used to any analogue control, surely.
New clutch, new steering wheel or, power steering.
It took me a few days to get used to my Logitech MX1000 mouse after using a standard el cheapo mouse for years, mainly because of the shape, I could not draw a straight vertical line in Photoshop with the MX1000, now I'm used to it.
I think before one starts doing any sort of tagging, one should first have a good directory structure and naming convention.
This is the same with my music collection.../music/bandname/year-albumname/01-songname.ext
Once I have that I can easily do manually tagging, and if the tagging system fails, at least I have a sorting method that works.
On a funny note, this one time, at lan camp, this one dude, had a porn share, with a brilliantly (and rather disturbing) sorted porn archive... all neatly categorized by genre, I was quite amazed until I got to the 'bukakae' and 'scat' folders.
I have a large collection of photos I've taken over about 6 years.
My method is probably not for everyone, but it's just a simple way of storing them.
I have a directory structure as follows:
photos/2006/0101-nakedlinuxchix0rz/*.jpg photos/2006/0428-steveballmertakingitupthebummy/*. jpg so bascially: photos///*.files
It's not software, but I prefer it because it's not dependant on a software package, and with grep or start -> find it's rather easy to locate my photos.
Just a thought, it probably sucks but it works for me.
Is that piracy in the software side of things (and indeed others) has done alot of GOOD for the world. I bet most of/. folk borrowed or copied Borland Pascal or 3D Studio and fiddled around with it as a kid and learnt to code and are now using legal copies at work or doing it in Linux for free.
I was 12 when my folks got us a 386, I copied Pascal from a school mate, I fiddled with it, I got bored and deleted it, I never used it to make money so I don't feel I did anything wrong, morally anyhow.
I got Modedit (can't recall if it was free or not) as a kid, I fell in love with music creation and now I own my own professional music software.
Try convincing your folks to buy you software as a kid because you want to play with it because it seems cool.
Why do I get the feeling we're going to one day need to use those plastic support 'hooks' (I can't remember what they're called) to secure our cards again?
Friends and co-workers have often asked me, "Hey, what cool version of Windows are you running on your notebook?" and I say, "it's not Windows, it's LInux". and then the questions about why Linux and what's cool about it come up. is it better/faster than Windows and I say, yeah sure.
and then the but.. comes up.
People want plug and play, sure, Windows has many security and stability issues but in most cases, the PnP and out of box features outweigh those drawbacks for the average user.
I loaded an Ubuntu box for a disabled child and he was using Ubuntu easily within a few minuits, but he eventually came to me asking to switch to Windows.
You can't just plug in your cellphone and easily synch your contacts or buy any webcam and make it work withoug some serious configuring and patching and hacking. with some devices, sure, but overall, Windows wins in this department.
So, yeah, I agree completely with what Mark Shuttleworth was to say.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what distro you're running, as long as it gets the job done.
I find it very hard to get excited about AMD's developements. I love them, I love their CPUs but the chipsets I end up with on motherboards I've previously owned have always been dodge and hard to get working in Linux.
Maybe I just have bad luck?
I agree with you. I don't mind if it's done in a realistic, subtle way, like say, having a real Coca Cola / Pepsi / whatever vending machine in Doom 3 instead of the fictional one, or a billboard for a real product advertised on the wall of a real product, as long as it fits in the game and doesn't flash or blink and draw attention away from the game.
Well put. That feedback is very important! As the local geek at a school I get a few complains from the older users requesting different keyboards as they cannot touchtype on the newer spongey peices of crap.
I touchtype at about 94WPM last I checked, I'd never get close to that on a device lacking feedback. The same as playing air guitar!
I know what you're saying, my girlfriend was doing some work at home, two notebooks infront of her and I was close to creaming my jeans!
Okay not really, but it was pretty cute.
Hasn't this been on thinkgeek for a while now?
Who is it good for?
# Business men/ women
# Suppliers/ Invoice keepers
# Students/ teachers
# Tourists/ trekkers
# High-tech employees
# Lawyers/ accountants
# Architects
# Land surveyors/appraisers
# Field engineers
They should have added:
# Mobile bloggers.
Some notable titles that, to me, were true art.
Another World (AKA Out of This World); Altered Desinty; Star Control 2; X-Com Enemy Unknown; Max Payne; Little Big Adventure; System Shock 2; the Space Quest series; Prince of Persia; Myst; The 7th Guest; Reah; I could go on...
"Another World", one of my all time favourites featured an artistic flare I had never seen repeated in any other game, with rich atmosphere, amazing gameplay, and a stunning, fresh and *personal* artistic feel.
Very few games grab me on an artistic level, mainly because most big profile games come from big studios, lacking that personal, artistic feel.
I always thought it was Quantum that made the Fireball...
I've had alot of issues with Maxtor and heat, my last Maxtor 200GB ran at 51C idle and 62C under load, where my Seagate ran at a 43C in load.
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Takes a while to get used to any analogue control, surely.
New clutch, new steering wheel or, power steering.
It took me a few days to get used to my Logitech MX1000 mouse after using a standard el cheapo mouse for years, mainly because of the shape, I could not draw a straight vertical line in Photoshop with the MX1000, now I'm used to it.
I think before one starts doing any sort of tagging, one should first have a good directory structure and naming convention.
/music/bandname/year-albumname/01-songname.ext
This is the same with my music collection...
Once I have that I can easily do manually tagging, and if the tagging system fails, at least I have a sorting method that works.
On a funny note, this one time, at lan camp, this one dude, had a porn share, with a brilliantly (and rather disturbing) sorted porn archive... all neatly categorized by genre, I was quite amazed until I got to the 'bukakae' and 'scat' folders.
I have a large collection of photos I've taken over about 6 years.
. jpg
My method is probably not for everyone, but it's just a simple way of storing them.
I have a directory structure as follows:
photos/2006/0101-nakedlinuxchix0rz/*.jpg
photos/2006/0428-steveballmertakingitupthebummy/*
so bascially: photos///*.files
It's not software, but I prefer it because it's not dependant on a software package, and with grep or start -> find it's rather easy to locate my photos.
Just a thought, it probably sucks but it works for me.
Is that piracy in the software side of things (and indeed others) has done alot of GOOD for the world. I bet most of /. folk borrowed or copied Borland Pascal or 3D Studio and fiddled around with it as a kid and learnt to code and are now using legal copies at work or doing it in Linux for free.
I was 12 when my folks got us a 386, I copied Pascal from a school mate, I fiddled with it, I got bored and deleted it, I never used it to make money so I don't feel I did anything wrong, morally anyhow.
I got Modedit (can't recall if it was free or not) as a kid, I fell in love with music creation and now I own my own professional music software.
Try convincing your folks to buy you software as a kid because you want to play with it because it seems cool.
Why do I get the feeling we're going to one day need to use those plastic support 'hooks' (I can't remember what they're called) to secure our cards again?
Reminds me of my first vesa local bus card.
A good point.
Friends and co-workers have often asked me, "Hey, what cool version of Windows are you running on your notebook?" and I say, "it's not Windows, it's LInux". and then the questions about why Linux and what's cool about it come up. is it better/faster than Windows and I say, yeah sure.
and then the but.. comes up.
People want plug and play, sure, Windows has many security and stability issues but in most cases, the PnP and out of box features outweigh those drawbacks for the average user.
I loaded an Ubuntu box for a disabled child and he was using Ubuntu easily within a few minuits, but he eventually came to me asking to switch to Windows.
You can't just plug in your cellphone and easily synch your contacts or buy any webcam and make it work withoug some serious configuring and patching and hacking. with some devices, sure, but overall, Windows wins in this department.
So, yeah, I agree completely with what Mark Shuttleworth was to say.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what distro you're running, as long as it gets the job done.
I find it very hard to get excited about AMD's developements. I love them, I love their CPUs but the chipsets I end up with on motherboards I've previously owned have always been dodge and hard to get working in Linux. Maybe I just have bad luck?
I agree with you. I don't mind if it's done in a realistic, subtle way, like say, having a real Coca Cola / Pepsi / whatever vending machine in Doom 3 instead of the fictional one, or a billboard for a real product advertised on the wall of a real product, as long as it fits in the game and doesn't flash or blink and draw attention away from the game.
Well put. That feedback is very important! As the local geek at a school I get a few complains from the older users requesting different keyboards as they cannot touchtype on the newer spongey peices of crap. I touchtype at about 94WPM last I checked, I'd never get close to that on a device lacking feedback. The same as playing air guitar!
I know what you're saying, my girlfriend was doing some work at home, two notebooks infront of her and I was close to creaming my jeans! Okay not really, but it was pretty cute.
Hasn't this been on thinkgeek for a while now? Who is it good for? # Business men/ women # Suppliers/ Invoice keepers # Students/ teachers # Tourists/ trekkers # High-tech employees # Lawyers/ accountants # Architects # Land surveyors/appraisers # Field engineers They should have added: # Mobile bloggers.
Hmmm, Sony batteries bad. Are they still upset about the failure of Betamax?
With this, Marvin would have been able to jump around in circles, instead!
Some notable titles that, to me, were true art. Another World (AKA Out of This World); Altered Desinty; Star Control 2; X-Com Enemy Unknown; Max Payne; Little Big Adventure; System Shock 2; the Space Quest series; Prince of Persia; Myst; The 7th Guest; Reah; I could go on... "Another World", one of my all time favourites featured an artistic flare I had never seen repeated in any other game, with rich atmosphere, amazing gameplay, and a stunning, fresh and *personal* artistic feel. Very few games grab me on an artistic level, mainly because most big profile games come from big studios, lacking that personal, artistic feel.
I'd rather insert my browser into a tinfoil condom, which would be more effective.
I always thought it was Quantum that made the Fireball... I've had alot of issues with Maxtor and heat, my last Maxtor 200GB ran at 51C idle and 62C under load, where my Seagate ran at a 43C in load.
for a bit of paint and frosted glass. Seriously, the system requirements, and price of the O/S don't justify purchasing Vista. What's the point?
Enjoy your.. meaty fate!