AFAIK, he told the agent he made the tweet, so his "I'll show you" attitude figured into the equation. The agents' "You're not the boss of me" attitude was also a part. Result: Two asshats vie for the title of "Biggest Dick". And they both won.
There has been an active Linux community for these games for quite some time. Many can run on DOSBox or WINE with alittle tweaking.
As well, a lot of theses games have hi-def visuals available as a substitute and other enhancements.
If GOG can package all tghis together as an easily insrtallable package (insted of requiring a HOWTO), it will be great.
And if they interpret this as an attack?
I'm sure they will try to send these old men to jail.
That's not news, even for Slashdot. The NYPD has a long history of egregious, illegal and violent behavior. It's almost a tradition for them.
The drone is just lucky the police helicopter did not have a toilet plunger handy.
What's more, the same flaw is found in Apple OS X and Windows 7.
So why only"Android' in the headline? Why not use "Smartphones"?
You got some 'splainin' to do. rickyricardo.jpg
At last it's the Year of the Linux Desktop! That's terror-riffic!
Why such a push to tell people how old Earth they think it is. Give some practical reason why a non-scientist should even care about this?
This only matters to the bigots who want to bash religion to make themselves feel better.
If your religious beliefs are sound and resolute, why do you feel so threatened by something you shoudn't care about?
Given all the extensive cosmic surgery.
Why isn't it probing Uranus?
I believe the "could be" part, if it's just 10% faster s/he's right.
And an attempt by 2020 means more like 2026, and the US will have an incompatible slower version around 2030.
Jaded, I am.
You're being too damn optimistic.
What the fuck are they talking about? We don't even have 4G yet, and they are already talking about 5G?
I'm holding out for 6G.
Mageia handles the nvidia driver within it's packaging system. Automatic updates along with the kernel, easy installs, no problems. It's been this way since the Mandriva days. Mageia's a nice, no-hassle distro.
While surprisingly effective IRL, not so much on the Internet.
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs
