Comment Re:It wasn't time (Score 1) 663
linux, ha
Comment Re:It wasn't time (Score 1) 663
Basically, Windows 7 is great and there aren't super compelling features or changes that warrant an upgrade, yet. If Windows 7 sucked like Vista or ME, then there would have been more of a drive to upgrade.
It doesn't really matter though. New computers are being bought and sold all the time and the transition to 8 will continue. It certainly isn't an upgrade that has people running out to buy boxed copies, but when people decide its time for a new computer, they'll make the switch.
Comment Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! (Score 1) 185
Android is important, desktop Linux is not.
Comment Re:no more donuts for Gabe... (Score 1) 768
And this is the year of desktop linux, amirite?
Comment Re:no more donuts for Gabe... (Score 1) 768
I don't think people are rationally examining this and are caught up in the hype.
The bulk of the steam catalog and nearly all of the AAA titles are made by companies other than Valve. A large portion of these games utilize DirectX and there is little evidence that Valve could convince companies to undertake the porting of these games to Linux. Given that most games don't run on Linux, his claim that Linux is better for gaming is fucking laughable.
Learn to read between the lines; Valve is butthurt about the Windows App Store and are throwing a temper tantrum.
Comment Re:Yet another Apple "standard" (Score 0, Troll) 311
Bullshit from somebody who doesn't remember correctly.
The main push for USB adoption came with the release of Windows 98, released in May of 1998.
The iMac was released in August of 1998 and although it was one of the best selling Macs of all time, it is largely insignificant compared to the hundreds of millions of Windows machines sold at the same time.
Comment You're a tard (Score 1) 1213
All you have to do is click on the address bar and it shows you the full path C:\foo\bar
Comment Apple is being the niggers they've always been (Score 0, Troll) 562
It always has been the intention of Apple for everything you use to be apple and apple only. The iphone has given them a good environment to do this and they are taking advantage of it. If you buy into it, its your own choice, but know that this is what you are buying in to.
Comment Re:Netbooks (Score 1) 1012
Macs are high quality?
And you link to the Green Party?
Thats a lot of faggotry for just one post.
Comment I'd just like to interject for a moment. (Score -1, Offtopic) 231
What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Comment Zzzz (Score 1) 41
I can't imagine anything more sleep inducing than a podcast of a kernel mailing list. You better include a warning not to listen while driving or operating machinery.
Comment Re:update-manager -d is better, faster, cheaper =P (Score 1) 127
nobody cares faggot
Submission + - Amiga in an FPGA released under GPL (hetnet.nl) 2
exolon42 writes: This is a mandatory read for every (former or current) Amiga hacker. You have to give it to the Dutch: tulips, cheese, and now a guy named Dennis has recreated the original Amiga chipset in a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA, and recently released all sources under the GPL to boot! This includes the design of a PCB containing the FPGA, the required MC68000 and normal PC-style hardware connectors so you can build your own. A thought-provoking fact is that the Verilog-sources for the recreated chips (Denise, Paula, Agnus etc.) are only around 500-1000 lines each... chips in the eighties didn't contain 1 billion transistors!
Submission + - Halo 3 Achievements Revealed
An anonymous reader writes: The achievements for the most highly anticipated game for the Xbox 360 have been revealed by the largest Xbox 360 Achievement site out there, Achieve360Points.com. The full list can be viewed here. There are a total of 49 achievements worth the standard 1000 points for a retail game. Whether or not you are a fan of Microsoft's Achievement system, this information at least confirms that there will be 9 missions in the single player game and the famous skulls will be making a comeback:
1. Landfall (20pts) — 2. Finish the first mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
2. Holdout (20pts) — Finish the second mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
3. The Road (20pts) — Finish the third mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
4. Assault (30pts) — Finish the fourth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
5. Cleansing (30pts) — Finish the fifth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
6. Refuge (30pts) — Finish the sixth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
7. Last Stand (40pts) — Finish the seventh mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
8. The Key (40pts) — Finish the eighth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
9. Return (50pts) — Finish the final mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
Halo 3 will be hitting store shelves on the 25th of September.
1. Landfall (20pts) — 2. Finish the first mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
2. Holdout (20pts) — Finish the second mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
3. The Road (20pts) — Finish the third mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
4. Assault (30pts) — Finish the fourth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
5. Cleansing (30pts) — Finish the fifth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
6. Refuge (30pts) — Finish the sixth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
7. Last Stand (40pts) — Finish the seventh mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
8. The Key (40pts) — Finish the eighth mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
9. Return (50pts) — Finish the final mission of the Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
Halo 3 will be hitting store shelves on the 25th of September.
Submission + - Server naming conventions: Cold logic vs Star Trek (computerworld.com)
Ian Lamont writes: "There's an interesting debate about server and terminal naming conventions that brings up some of the pros and cons of using mundane vs. exotic names. People have submitted funny and/or obscure examples (Star Trek and LOTR characters, Nixon cabinet members, etc.). However, these can get old, or are inconvenient. Everyone has seen environments that are based on Greco-Roman mythology (Perseus, Zeus, Dionysus, etc.) — spelling them out can be a problem, not to mention finding specific applications and helping out new hires (or your replacement) deal with unfamiliar systems. The alternative is "logically (and yawningly)" naming servers after departments, building locations, applications, etc. That approach has its problems, too — including users who have their own ideas about what names should be used. What do the experts say? Pierre Dumoulin, writing for Tech Republic, warns against using Star Trek or the Smurfs — he recommends a 'proper' and logical naming convention that can make it easier to troubleshoot, conduct inventory, and scale the network. As an example for a large company, he suggests "DDCCSSUPOXXXX", which lists Division (D) — Country (C) — Site (S) — Usage Type (U) — Portability (P) — Operating Environment (O) — Numbering Scheme (XXXX):
"I personally like this convention because it provides me with a lot of information I want to know about a computer on a routine basis. Also, once the meaning of the different acronyms has been assimilated by support staff, they can translate the computer name very easily into a meaningful sentence. One example, using this convention, would be: "Manufacturing desktop computer located in Boston, U.S.A. used for production office work" while the actual name of the computer might be something like "MAUSBOODP0001" or "Research laptop computer located in London, England used for testing in a lab environment" for a node name like "RDENLDLLT0001".
