Comment Re:User action? (Score 1) 145
bas doot
Comment Re:Savage 2 (Score 1) 460
another vote for savage 2.
s2 games is also working on heroes of newerth, a dota clone/fork/somethingorother (currently in beta). it runs (on all low settings) on my pentium m 1.8ghz mobility radeon 9700 old laptop. much nicer on my new desktop, but playable on weaker hardware. in short, s2 games gives me hope for the future of linux gaming.
also:
world of goo (amazing)
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080510052539217/Games.html
http://whdb.com/2008/top-25-linux-games-for-2008/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_gaming
Comment walter (Score 1) 1124
fork it dude, let's go bowling.
Comment Re:They Did Not 'Look At The Options' (Score 1) 105
when proselytizing for open source, you might want to avoid comparisons to slave-built structures.
Comment rup is confused (Score 1) 881
"Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives away its content is simply cannibalising its ability to produce good reporting," he said.
so fox news will still be free, since it clearly MUST be cheap, and they long ago cannibalized their ability to produce good reporting.
Comment didn't rtfa, but i assume it's about tampax. (Score 0, Offtopic) 122
"managing flows" unburied a memory of a tampon commercial.
During your period, your flow level can change from one day to the next. That's why Tampax developed the Compak Multipax. You get 3 tampon absorbencies to meet your changing needs, in one convenient package.
Comment Re:check newegg (Score 1) 370
could you at least read the TITLE of the post you're replying to?
Submission + - How would you fill out a home rack? 3
Cryogenic Specter writes: Yesterday, a friend of mine just flat out game me a humongous rack enclosure. It's a large 7 foot tall black 19 inch rack cabinet with an open rear and a solid locking front door. It now sits in my living room and my wife of course thinks that I have lost my mind. I do not have any rack mountable hardware except an old 10/100 hub, but I was thinking of getting several rack shelves and using it to hold my various gaming systems, HTPC, stereo receiver, 300 disk DVD changer, and what not. I would probably buy a couple rack mount surge protectors for it, but what else should I consider?
I can get older rack servers on eBay for like $50 to $100 and all kinds of other junk, but what else? What would you do with something like this? If I don't think of something soon, my wife will want it to be on craigslist.
Oh yeah, NOT a beowulf cluster. I have no interest in that.
I can get older rack servers on eBay for like $50 to $100 and all kinds of other junk, but what else? What would you do with something like this? If I don't think of something soon, my wife will want it to be on craigslist.
Oh yeah, NOT a beowulf cluster. I have no interest in that.
Comment drunkmods (Score 4, Insightful) 1142
a government job is not a "good" job, it is a drain on the tax base because it generates no wealth. It only helps the individual at the expense of the rest of us.
yeah, man. the military, police, firefighters, national park/forest system, local parks, judiciary, cia, roads, and schools are a real fuckin' drain. never did me any good; but goddamn, those bourgeois grunts and jarheads sure are living the high life (at the expense of the rest of us) in baghdad and kabul.
generating wealth isn't the only measure of usefulness. i agree with a lot of the other stuff you said, but the part i quoted is downright asinine.
Comment been there, done that (Score 1) 386
I lasted less than a year in my programming job after college. The work was interesting (I love coding), and I worked with good people for a great company - I just couldn't stand being inside all day, cooped up and sedentary.
I went on to work for a general contractor, eventually working on every phase of projects from estimating/bidding to finish carpentry. Then I worked for the US Forest Service, building and maintaining hiking trails in the frontcountry and deep wilderness (by far the best job I've had work-wise, but I recently left due to my inability to comprehend or deal with the machinations of the ass-backwards bureaucracy).
I am by far the happiest when I'm using my mind and body in tandem, instead of putting one on the backburner, be it body in office, or mind in base grunt work. My only regret? Not staying with the coding just long enough to pay off my student loans, and build up a decent nest egg (I'm still glad I went to college, I just struggle with the debt). My first job out of college paid $65k a year - since then, I've not made more than $22k in a year - but I'm astoundingly happier.
Comment Re:You know it's a slow day (Score 1) 329
you must have some freaky junk.
Comment oblig (Score 1) 290
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Comment random consumer thinks sony wasn't worth it (Score 1) 2
i'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from Sony, period. Why? Because as a corporation, they "feel entitled" to use proprietary formats, and attempt to lock consumers in to buying what Sony wants, when Sony wants it - and if they can't get you to do so willingly, they'll sneakily install a rootkit on your computer.
it seems like every week or 2, sony reaffirms why i avoid their products like the plague.
Submission + - amateur images of shuttle/hubble in front of sun
gadabyte writes: Gizmodo has a brief writeup and (resized) images captured by Thierry Legault of the space shuttle Atlantis and Hubble Telescope backlit by the sun.
Shot just after launch, the image shows the faraway scene as viewed through a Takahashi TOA-130 refractor telescope (focal length 2200mm) and a Baader solar prism, which gives the Sun its muted look. Strapped to the back of the telescope, the 5D was set to ISO 100 and a 1/8000 shutter speed, the camera's extreme low and high settings, respectively [Edit: woops, the Mk II actually does ISO 50]. Legault used the free online Celestial Observer tool to calculate the best time to shoot from his location.
Uncropped images are available at Thierry Legault's webpage, but as of submission time, his site is 503'd.
Submission + - Sony Pictures CEO Thinks The 'Net Wasn't Worth It (current.com) 2
rossturk writes: "Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet, period." Why? Because people "feel entitled" to have what they want when they want it, and if they can't get it for free, "they'll steal it."
It's become customary to expect a somewhat limited perspective on things from old-world entertainment companies, but his inability to acknowledge that the Internet has changed everything makes me think he's a very confused man. Is this when we all give up hope that companies like Sony Pictures can adapt? Will we look back on this as one of the defining moments when the industrialized entertainment industry lost touch for good?"
