Comment Re:User action? (Score 1) 145
bas doot
bas doot
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
fork it dude, let's go bowling.
when proselytizing for open source, you might want to avoid comparisons to slave-built structures.
"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.
"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.
could you at least read the TITLE of the post you're replying to?
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.
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.
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.
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.
With your bare hands?!?