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Submission + - Battle For Wesnoth Seeks For New Developers (wesnoth.org)

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: Twelve years ago, David White sat down over a weekend and created the small pet project that we know today as the open source strategy game The Battle For Wesnoth. At the time, Dave was the sole programmer, working alongside Francisco Muñoz, who produced the first graphics. As more and more people contributed, the game grew from a tiny personal project into an extensive one, encompassing hundreds of contributors. Today however, the ship is sinking. The project is asking for help to keep things rolling. Especially requested are C++, Python, and gameplay (WML) programmers. Any willing volunteers should have good communication skills and preferably be experienced with working alongside fellow members of a large project. More details can be found at the project website.

Comment Re:3D is for cows. (Score 0) 30

by jones_supa (#50169429) Attached to: Open-Source Mesa 3D Library/Drivers Now Support OpenGL 4

Meeh. It's not necessarily him. sexconker said that he threw some cow comments in the mix just for the laughs. The original spammer is probably some other person. sexconker seems like a sane person to me.

Hey, at least the weird BSD spam seems to be gone for good (the one with random words and the word "BSD" there somewhere).

Comment Re: ... and the hype for Windows 10 begins.... (Score 4, Informative) 405

by jones_supa (#50167715) Attached to: Experiment: Installing Windows 10 On a 7-Year-Old Acer Aspire One

They are rectangular/square, just like the taskbar icons in Windows 7 that everyone I know loves.

Take a closer look.

The taskbar icons in Windows 7 have glass effect, nice diagonal gradient and rounded corners. Try hovering the mouse cursor over icons of running applications: there is even a sleek little lamp effect which follows the cursor, and the color of that effect matches the application icon. Also the icon of the active application has brighter background than others.

These kind of small touches are missing in the Windows 10 UI.

Submission + - President of Finland Turns To Radio Phone-in For Parsnip Advice

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: Listeners to a Finnish radio phone-in show on Wednesday may have thought they heard a familiar voice when one caller rang to ask for advice about his parsnips. It was "Sauli from Naantali". So began what seemed like a casual call to Yle Radio Suomi's weekly nature discussion show, where experts offer up tips and thoughts on everything from the beauty of countryside to the best way to cultivate vegetables in the garden. The person on the line was actually President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. The keen nature lover had two questions for the experts — one regarding parsnips, the other about the wild flower sneezewort. In the recording of the show we can hear the presenters answering them with cool-headedness, only occasionally letting out giggles of surprise.

Submission + - Experiment: Installing Windows 10 on a 7 Year Old Acer Aspire One (softpedia.com)

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: Windows 10 will launch in less than a week and it is supposed to work flawlessly on devices already powered by Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, as Microsoft struggled to keep system requirements unchanged to make sure that everything runs smoothly. Device drivers all the way back to Windows Vista platform (WDDM 1.0) are supported. Softpedia performed a practical test to see how Windows 10 can run on a 7 year old Acer Aspire One netbook powered by Intel Atom N450 processor clocked at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and a 320 GB mechanical hard disk. The result is surprising to say the least, as installation not only went impressively fast, but the operating system itself also works fast.

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