Comment Re:How do you get a kid to play football? (Score 1) 704
Mind altering drugs?
Worked for me...
Comment Re:Javascript is evil (Score 1) 286
If only from the simple perspective that an interpreted, garbage collected language (such as Javascript) is inherently less efficient than a compiled language (C, Pascal, whatever) -- and it therefore is going to burn more CPU cycles than are required to perform the functionality the game provides. AND IT IS THEREFORE NOT GREEN!
Playing computer games is rarely green, no matter what language it was produced in.
Comment Re:Hey if it extends battery life... (Score 1) 102
...I'm all for it. But by how much will it extend the battery life? And when they say it will "Drastically" change the notebook market I doubt that; netbooks folks won't care about 3D and Desktop Replacement folks don't care if their machine is plugged in. Mabye in a smaller segment of mobile gamers this will make a difference.
I'm one of the "netbooks folks", and the prospect of being able to play video, or even basic accelerated games without running out of juice in less than half the regular time sounds great to me.
Comment Re:Toughts About Direction (Score 1) 415
While I do think Firefox is bloating, and really think they've made some questionable decisions (such as force-feeding the terrible Awesomebar), I can't think of anything wrong with this move.
I actually like the awesomebar; it made it much easier for me to store and access bookmarks, solely by using the keyboard. I did find it had negative effects on my computers with less than 512MB RAM.
Comment Re:Car Analogy (Score 1) 415
So... that would be a good thing?
Oh yeah, nobody's removing extensions.
Oh yeah, nobody's removing extensions.
Comment Re:TOO MANY LINKS man! (Score 1) 415
In other news: "Google Chrome Extensions are not supported on your browser. Please download the Beta Channel of Google Chrome to install extensions."
All I'm saying is: It's just new, give it some time to mature. Then you're allowed to rant again.
All I'm saying is: It's just new, give it some time to mature. Then you're allowed to rant again.
Comment Re:A Possible Answer to One of the Many Questions (Score 1) 135
Check who has Deleted you from their contact list on MSN at http://checkmsnstatus.com/.
That's either informative, or you're trying to make matters worse for someone.
Really, what were you trying to accomplish by posting that? Maybe next time add a better guiding text.
Comment Re:Doesn't work (Score 1) 13
Really cool, I'm especially impressed it doesn't crash or mess up when you resize or close any of the windows; it responds as expected.
Yes, it's cheating.
Comment Re:Uh...build your own free app? (Score 1) 416
Not lolcats, that's for sure.
Comment Re:Is that why (Score 1) 711
If you read more closely, you would've noticed it said "FreeBSD".
Note that FreeBSD != GNU.
Comment Re:Misleading Headline (Score 1) 398
"This was no easy decision to make, but I'm afraid were going to have to let you... BRAAAAIIIINS!"
Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete? 459
Shaitan Apistos writes "British scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship. All children born of this method would be female, due the lack Y chromosomes, and there is high chance of birth defects. Eggs also can be created from male bone marrow, but men looking to reproduce would still need to find a surrogate mother to handle the gestation period. I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new amazonian overlords and remind them that men are still very good at mowing lawns and fixing cars."
Computer Scientists Grow a Better Virtual Tree 126
Reservoir Hill points us to a story about a group of computer scientists who are taking steps to bring the creation of 3-D worlds to the casual user. As a proof-of-concept, Vladlen Koltun and the Stanford Virtual Worlds Group, using data collected by botanists, have developed software to create virtual 3-D trees with roughly 100 different tree attributes, all of which are highly variable. Quoting:
"The inability of casual computer users to build 3-D objects - you practically have to be a sculptor, Koltun says - is an anchor holding back the promise of virtual worlds. Koltun's software, Dryad (a tree nymph in Greek mythology,) lets users move through the 100-attribute tree space in a fashion similar to navigating city streets on Google Maps. As in real life, not all trees are equally desirable. Since no single user is capable of mapping out the best parts of the enormous tree space, this mapping of desirability is done collaboratively, leading to continuous refinement of the software."
Fedora 8 A Serious Threat to Ubuntu 334
Tubs writes "According to MadPenguin.org's latest article, Fedora 8 from Red Hat is a serious threat to Ubuntu. The author writes, "I was never that swept up with past releases of Fedora. There was nothing compelling about it. But for the first time, I cannot help but feel that the Fedora team has been spoon fed an extra helping of Wheaties, which has put them into overdrive with their accessibility efforts."
