Comment: Re:How is this impressive in any way? (Score 1) 286
Well, if Pacman isn't your cup of tea, there's always Quake II in your browser.
Comment: Re:Fantasy? (Score 1) 80
For some people, the EVA unit *is* their mother, you insensitive clod!
Comment: Re:Sounds like speed holes (Score 1) 570
AGAIN?!
Comment: Re:Still Overpriced? (Score 1) 411
The cheapest mini will do VM'ing just fine -- well, at least mine does. =]
Unless you need to be able to drag it around, that might serve you just fine.
Comment: Re:Seems about right (Score 1) 388
Some of them, yes, but IIRC I had to reboot at least once for some newer type of kernel module thingy.
It's not that I really *mind* a reboot every now and then, as long as it can be somewhat scheduled. I was just correcting the GP who stated that you could go from Old to Current in one go. That's simply not always true.
Comment: Re:Seems about right (Score 1) 388
2. Multiple reboots: [...] Try a similar test on any Linux distro (pick a CD as old as you want), notice how you only need to reboot once to have all of the updates apply.
I did. Ubuntu required me to upgrade in steps, at least when going from 6.04 PPC to
Comment: Re:P4 pride (Score 1) 354
My *current* computer has a G4 @ 1.25MHz, TOP THA-- oh, wait, wrong architecture.
Comment: Re:I'm not holding my breath (Score 1) 427
Other phone operating systems did not have a legacy installed base to worry about, while MS has to be concerned about this, which also hamstrung 7.0's development.
Yet from what I've heard, WinPho7 won't run WinMo6 apps. That kinda kills the legacy argument. I think they *do* have a legacy to consider, though: the users. Changing the UI like they did, killing binary compatiblity and some other stuff, that takes balls.
WinPho7 is the first Microsoft announcement - it's not a product until it hits the shelves - that has me interested. Ever.
Comment: Re:paper was in PLoS Biology not PLoS One (Score 2, Funny) 115
"The robots evolved" - WTF?! People kept training the neural network to create desirable functionality, without people training the neural network and doing "mutations" those robots would have evolved as much as a lightbulb stuck up somebody's arse!
Isn't that what evolution is all about?
Changing to get desirable functionality/traits, that is, not shoving lightbulb up people's arses.
Comment: Re:Other distros? (Score 1) 220
Suddenly, it occurs to me that WindowMaker appears very touch-friendly to me. Big, clear targets. Calling up menus would prolly be a several-finger exercise, but still.