Comment Re: first (Score 1) 546
foobar2000. I use it on both Windows and my Android phone. No bloat, no adware, extensible with plugins, and all the features I want in a player, plus more.
foobar2000. I use it on both Windows and my Android phone. No bloat, no adware, extensible with plugins, and all the features I want in a player, plus more.
(I somewhat regret not keeping a copy of the DRDOS source from when it was freely available.)
I still have my Caldera OpenDOS ver. 7.01 CD that I picked up at their booth at a yuuuge computer event back in 1997 (I think it was called Computex). It has a crack in the outside edge of it, which I only just discovered when I dug it out, but I was able to rip an ISO of it as there's only about 40MB of data on the disc. There were a handful of projects that tried making something of the code, but I don't think they went very far.
I still have my copy of the 6th edition of PC Intern in English (with many translation errors throughout the text, particularly in the latter parts discussing Windows). It was a great book, with some of the most in-depth coverage of many aspects of the PC, though the Win section seems like they rushed a bit to get that in.
I haven't been able to part with my old DOS-era books. Ralf Brown's Interrupt List, a couple books on DOS extenders, Schulman's Undocumented DOS, and the once highly respected Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA and SuperVGA by Ferraro (just checked Amazon, apparently that last one goes for almost $300.00 CDN for a used copy!). While they're not really relevant any more, I still enjoy reading them.
I've often wondered if anyone in the FreeDOS dev community would be interested in them, were I to offer to donate them. Then again, most of the information they contained can be found on the Internet now.
Untrue. VME was broken on Ryzen at launch. Fixed with a microcode update.
I DON'T LIKE SYSTEMD!
+1 virtual mod point for making me giggle.
John Paul Tremblay's Sexian... I mean Julian.
Argument from authority is a popular tactic with Creationists. Nye/Ham demonstrated that quite well, given that Ham's whole opening was such.
While I agree with your meaning, I think it more accurate to say religion does not demonstrate, rather than prove. Proof is for mathematics.
Wow there's a butt-tonne of comments, so I may as well be talking to myself, but...
Windows on my desktop because I am a gamer, and Microsoft has me by the testicles.
Linux Mint (KDE atm) on the notebook because I fucking love Linux.
Android on the phone because I fucking love Linux (and fuck you Apple).
Uhh..why are you booting from USB? There is your problem, Asus boards really don't like booting from USB, if you want to boot from USB a lot an Asrock or gigabyte would have been a better choice.
I have used ASUS boards exclusively for almost a decade, from early Athlons, to an Athlon64, to a Core2 notebook, to both an 1156 and 1155 Core i5, as well as a few replacement boards for dead computers repaired for friends. I have never had an issue booting from USB, ever.
While that's anecdotal evidence, your claim contained no evidence, so I guess my point is... ummm... neener neener?
Seriously, I've never had an issue with ASUS products, except for Steam suddenly (and mysteriously) breaking my ASUS wifi adapter.
... or S3 users are now using like me Chrome.
Yep, but I'm alright with that since I am really not a fan of the stock browser on the S3, anyway.
As an off and on WoW subscriber since shortly after launch, I cancelled my sub again last month. Instead, I've been enjoying some other games as, over the years, I've amassed a respectable library on Steam. Lately it's been SimCity 4 and Sims 3, but before that was Dragon Age Origins. I will get to Bioshock Infinite eventually.
When I need my MMO fix, I play Lord of the Rings Online (the lifetime subscription/VIP status I picked up at launch has more than paid for itself).
My son, who I played WoW with for a few months, bounces back and forth between games like an indecisive hummingbird stuck between multiple feeders full of sugary goodness. I walk by him and he's on Diablo 2 or 3, make a cup of tea and walk by again and it's League of Legends, 20 minutes later it's something else. The only thing that remains constant is that he hasn't shut up since he discovered Skype.
If they can only make GIMP a Photoshop replacement tool. I actually find Paint.NET does a better job then GIMP for replacing my Photoshop needs.
Claims like this are usually more a reflection of the capabilities of the user, rather than the software.
The old Doctor Who had the occasional grim-and-gritty (the kind that made Question Time in Parliament complain about it). The new Who is full of "if you hope and feel hard enough, you can overcome alien technology, incomprehensible gods and the laws of physics". Even the last episode was proof enough of that.
You've summarized almost everything I hate about the new Doctor Who, although you missed mentioning the overuse of the Sonic Screwdriver as a solution for everything. While I do enjoy the new Doctor Who, I have nowhere near the love for it that I did for the classic series. It's unfortunate, but the new Who is science-fantasy, rather than science-fiction.
Anyone else remember when people had thick enough skins they could just roll their eyes, shrug their shoulders, and not give a crap about what other people were doing or saying (provided no one's really getting hurt)?
I am tired of everyone feeling so entitled - the whole world has to conform to their ideals, and if it doesn't then by Gawd they're going to bitch, complain, threaten legal action, and sue until they get what they want.
Shit like this just pisses me off no end and makes me pine for the days when the Internet was an exclusive club for us nerds (and perverts).
Old programmers never die, they just hit account block limit.
