they should fix the goddamn security issues and start having decent CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
Nah, it's much more important to release a new version that spams you with little pop up windows reminding you that you can use Skype to actually call people (I'm shocked! I had installed it thinking it would defrag my hard drive).
Yeah, v4.2 is a joke. Inane ads at the bottom of your contact list and popping up near the top as well. All the ads aren't even promoting anything of value - it truly is crap like "Call your friends using Skype!"
they should fix the goddamn security issues and start having decent CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
Nah, it's much more important to release a new version that spams you with little pop up windows reminding you that you can use Skype to actually call people (I'm shocked! I had installed it thinking it would defrag my hard drive).
Mod this guy up - I can't get over how many stupid pop-up windows v4.2 has. And the worst thing is that it's not even advertising that could be considered to be remotely useful. It truly is messages along the lines of "Call your friends now!" Ridiculous.
LOLFR, "globally unique MAC address"... riiight. No manufacturer has *ever* reused a MAC address... *snicker*
Not to mention a lot of NIC drivers let you specify your own MAC address.
You mentioned Quake 3 (which is just a little over a decade old) that got me thinking, what software DOES run OpenGL?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OpenGL_programs
The fact that I didn't know most of those titles (many of which I have or have played) had support for OpenGL is a testament to the lack of marketing and the push the OpenGL community needs to make to get people excited about it.
Thanks for finding that list. A lot of good games and apps there. Like you, I was amazed that some games I played had an OpenGL renderer but defaulted to D3D (Deus Ex and Far Cry for example!) My argument is simply that there are enough good examples of OpenGL software. OpenGL just lost out to Microsoft's marketing.
There's nothing around it; OpenGL desperately needs a killer app.
Show people something amazing and tell them "OpenGL did This."
What about all the stuff id put out? GLQuake (remember how much of a quantum leap that was over anything at the time with a 3dfx card?), Quake 3, Doom 3, etc...When you think about that, one does wonder if it's just MS and it's marketing droids that got Direct3D to where it is today.
I'm not sure how "[Biden] makes Palin look like an Oxford Scholar" can be modded insightful. I will agree that Biden makes the odd gaffe but he is unquestionably better informed. He has chaired senate committees on the judiciary and foreign relations which will have exposed him to a whole gamut of issues that Sarah Palin may not even have conceived of. Let's not confuse willful ignorance with an otherwise intelligent person getting caught with their foot in their mouth from time to time!
Disclosure: Note that I'm not American and don't have a particular interest in either the Republicans or the Democrats. From where I sit both parties do little to effect any real improvement over the status quo. And I think Obama has done little to back up his rhetoric of hope and change from the election campaign
Here in New Zealand just about every console/PC game, DVD and CD vendor has decided to refuse product returns due to the "risk" of piracy. I think you can still return a product if it is blatantly defective (i.e., bad media), but otherwise you are out of luck...so it's too bad if the system requirements on the back of the box are outright lies and your machine can't run the game, or if the copy protection doesn't like your DVD drive...
Anyway, there is one retailer (JB HiFi) who have signs all over their games section which state something to the effect of: "No game returns permitted. Your consumer rights are not being violated." I kid you not.
Lager + Lime juice + a little salt = Michelada (chilli powder optional)
It's a lot more refreshing than straight beer and great when you are on the beach
When I was in Southern California I was at a party and the host showed me how to do this with Tecate. It was nice. I think some tomato juice may also have been involved...
*It's freakin' 2009. netbooks have 2GB of ram. Why the 'F does the page have to reload when I hit the back button, or two pages reload if I did so accidentally and hit the forward button immediately thereafter. Why aren't the fully rendered pages cached for several levels of back-ed-ness? (determined by some algorithm relating to the available RAM, to balance off use against the filesystem cache) If I need to reload, F5 is right there on the keyboard. My main use of tabs at the moment is because "back" is not implemented properly on any of the browsers I use.
Opera does this. Sometimes I've found myself (deliberately) stepping back and forth through 10-20 pages of heavy content (such as galleries on flickr) and Opera does not miss a beat.
You must not have kids.
Yes you're right, WIN-L is useful against meddling kids. Probably also prevents your cat from ruining your work by walking on your keyboard.
WIN+L will also lock your computer.
Sounds great! And what key sequence do you use to unlock your computer? And where do you work?
To unlock the machine you have to provide your login and password, or an administrator password. Depending on the group/computer policy in effect, you may have to press Ctrl-Alt-Del first.
First off there is no such thing as the Mafia. It is nothing more then the realm of conspiracy theory nut jobs wearing tin foil hats.
There is no way such a large scale criminal organization could exist. Such a large scale operation is simply the result of an over active imagination.
Dude, you sound like J. Edgar Hoover claiming throughout the 50s that organised crime couldn't exist in the United States.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Hoover#Response_to_Mafia_and_civil_rights_groups
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.
