Hell yes, tablets are PCs, they've always been PCs and always will be PCs. The only thing that's making you think otherwise is the vendor lock-in to their closed ecosystems.
This seems as good a place to ask as any:Is there a way to make this game play more like the original? I understand that the shadows and dynamic lighting have been ripped out, the whole thing is brighter and that "duct tape mod" is forced on you. All the hype over the last few months has made me want to play the original game again, complete with the "Oh, hell I can't see shit, what am I shooting at? I hope this works. I need new trousers. Again." vibe, not a dumbed down, shiny "remaster". Comparisons I've seen say that the old game struggles to hit 30fps on current gen hardware, whereas this code base can easily hit 100+ fps on an average rig. Is there a mod (yet) that gives us the best of both worlds?
iPhone 4/S - 326 ppi
HTC Rezound - 342 ppi
HTC One X - 312 ppi
LG Optimus LTE - 329 ppi
LG LU1400 - 333 ppi
Nokia E6 - 328 ppi
Galaxy Nexus - 316 ppi
Samsung Galaxy S3 - 306 ppi
Samsung S8000 Jet - 300ppi
Sony Xperia S - 342 ppi
Sony Xperia ion - 323 ppi
Toshiba Portege G900 - 313 ppi
Isn't 12.04 supposed to be the next LTS release? Seems like they've gone far wayward from their original goals if they're introducing such huge new projects into what's supposed to be a stable, reliable release that enterprises can trust. It would be a better idea to introduce it in 12.10, surely?
That doesn't make "Android" any less "ready for the Enterprise", though does it? The Enterprise in question could go out and buy up a hundred Galaxy Nexuses to give out to its staff, regardless of how many are currently floating around in the wild.
In the UK, we have the Privacy In Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and the Data Protection Act 1998, which, between them, legally guarantee a certain expectation of privacy from nosy sysadmins or managers.
There are some good laws here, thankfully; employees should always know their rights.
I had a feeling that was going to be the case, which is why I put the question mark in; I haven't been keeping up on the minor details for a long time.
"While Google+ will soon do all the things Twitter does, Twitter can't support a long list of the things Google+ supports"
Since when has featureset been Twitter's strong point?! It's managed to own all other competition while staying remaining in and of itself a platform that you can post 140 characters of text on, nothing more.
Well, no, firstly Lulzsec will have done it "for the lulz" not for "an eye for an eye". They also had beef against The Sun after the Ryan Cleary arrest, and The Sun's appaling coverage of it. Any other reason one might throw into the mix is just gravy.
As a viewer, one can find the whole episode deliciously ironic without needing to take either side of the moral argument.
I agree with this; similarly if a game is too hard then a player might find they have purchased content (later levels) to which they are denied access. Granted, this is through their own mediocrity or lack of commitment to attain the relevant skill level, but i think that every player should have the opportunity to play through all the content that they have paid for within the context of how much work that particular person are prepared to put in to achieve it.
Not true at all. While these notes are technically not legal tender in England (technically they are promissory notes from external banks), they are treated as such by banks and retailers, and any note that is a denomination of pounds sterling is universally accepted. So "for all practical purposes", they are indeed useful.
You just gave me a horrible vision of unlockable content appearing only after a certain number of ad-views, or worse still, click through on ads/purchase of sponsor item.
Maybe because the browsers Google, Apple, KDE and Gnome include by default are all built atop third party, open source rendering engines that try to comply to web standards; the OS providers themselves have no hand in forcing or attempting to force (whether deliberate or accidental) the propriety or direction of the web and their rendering process is completely transparent.
(!whoosh, fwiw; it just seemed appropriate to reply here)
Except any "large corporate environment" should have commoditised the desktop PC long ago, with a managed desktop image, roaming profiles, etc. making rebuild (or even re-image) the only software-based repair that ever needs doing to a desktop; hardware repairs would be completed under warranty by third party engineers.
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Hell yes, tablets are PCs, they've always been PCs and always will be PCs. The only thing that's making you think otherwise is the vendor lock-in to their closed ecosystems.
35% of [i]parents[/i] wanted an automatic block.
80% of [i]all those who responded[/i] wanted no filtering of any kind.
This seems as good a place to ask as any:Is there a way to make this game play more like the original? I understand that the shadows and dynamic lighting have been ripped out, the whole thing is brighter and that "duct tape mod" is forced on you. All the hype over the last few months has made me want to play the original game again, complete with the "Oh, hell I can't see shit, what am I shooting at? I hope this works. I need new trousers. Again." vibe, not a dumbed down, shiny "remaster". Comparisons I've seen say that the old game struggles to hit 30fps on current gen hardware, whereas this code base can easily hit 100+ fps on an average rig. Is there a mod (yet) that gives us the best of both worlds?
You are free to be offended or not be offended, but you are not free to stop others from offending you.
See also: Offence is taken, not given.
"Offence is taken, not given."
http://skeu.it/ has some cracking examples and a good bit of snark to boot.
iPhone 4/S - 326 ppi
HTC Rezound - 342 ppi
HTC One X - 312 ppi
LG Optimus LTE - 329 ppi
LG LU1400 - 333 ppi
Nokia E6 - 328 ppi
Galaxy Nexus - 316 ppi
Samsung Galaxy S3 - 306 ppi
Samsung S8000 Jet - 300ppi
Sony Xperia S - 342 ppi
Sony Xperia ion - 323 ppi
Toshiba Portege G900 - 313 ppi
Isn't 12.04 supposed to be the next LTS release? Seems like they've gone far wayward from their original goals if they're introducing such huge new projects into what's supposed to be a stable, reliable release that enterprises can trust. It would be a better idea to introduce it in 12.10, surely?
That doesn't make "Android" any less "ready for the Enterprise", though does it? The Enterprise in question could go out and buy up a hundred Galaxy Nexuses to give out to its staff, regardless of how many are currently floating around in the wild.
In the UK, we have the Privacy In Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and the Data Protection Act 1998, which, between them, legally guarantee a certain expectation of privacy from nosy sysadmins or managers. There are some good laws here, thankfully; employees should always know their rights.
/initiates magic force field and bounces the bullet 360 degrees, right back at HairyFeet/
Why do they call it the Xbox 720? Because when you see it, you'll turn 720 degrees and walk away.
First Kernel.org and now this? Has someone got it in for FLOSS at the moment?
I had a feeling that was going to be the case, which is why I put the question mark in; I haven't been keeping up on the minor details for a long time.
Aren't the odd decimal places development branches? Hence 2.4 -> 2.6. Ergo 3.1 is the ongoing development branch that will one day be released as 3.2.
Exactly what I was going to say, practically word for word.
"While Google+ will soon do all the things Twitter does, Twitter can't support a long list of the things Google+ supports"
Since when has featureset been Twitter's strong point?! It's managed to own all other competition while staying remaining in and of itself a platform that you can post 140 characters of text on, nothing more.
I believe most (if not all?) of the "hacking" was via default voicemail PINs that were never changed. Even easier!
Well, no, firstly Lulzsec will have done it "for the lulz" not for "an eye for an eye". They also had beef against The Sun after the Ryan Cleary arrest, and The Sun's appaling coverage of it. Any other reason one might throw into the mix is just gravy.
As a viewer, one can find the whole episode deliciously ironic without needing to take either side of the moral argument.
I agree with this; similarly if a game is too hard then a player might find they have purchased content (later levels) to which they are denied access. Granted, this is through their own mediocrity or lack of commitment to attain the relevant skill level, but i think that every player should have the opportunity to play through all the content that they have paid for within the context of how much work that particular person are prepared to put in to achieve it.
Dara O'Briain makes the same point on Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG3aHvPG6H8
Not true at all. While these notes are technically not legal tender in England (technically they are promissory notes from external banks), they are treated as such by banks and retailers, and any note that is a denomination of pounds sterling is universally accepted. So "for all practical purposes", they are indeed useful.
You just gave me a horrible vision of unlockable content appearing only after a certain number of ad-views, or worse still, click through on ads/purchase of sponsor item.
Maybe because the browsers Google, Apple, KDE and Gnome include by default are all built atop third party, open source rendering engines that try to comply to web standards; the OS providers themselves have no hand in forcing or attempting to force (whether deliberate or accidental) the propriety or direction of the web and their rendering process is completely transparent. (!whoosh, fwiw; it just seemed appropriate to reply here)
Except any "large corporate environment" should have commoditised the desktop PC long ago, with a managed desktop image, roaming profiles, etc. making rebuild (or even re-image) the only software-based repair that ever needs doing to a desktop; hardware repairs would be completed under warranty by third party engineers.
I just can't believe that anyone wasted 2 fucking years of their life trying to "disprove" it.