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Comment 70% drivers! (Score 3, Interesting) 374

by millwall (#29377363) Attached to: Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Released

Lots and lots of driver work. Over 70% of all of the 2.6.30 to 2.6.31 patch is under drivers/, and there's another 6%+ in firmware/ and sound/. That's not entirely unusual, but it does seem to be growing. My rough rule of thumb used to be "50% drivers, 50% everything else", but that's clearly not true any more (and hasn't been for a while - we've been 60%+ since after 2.6.27

I personally think this is a real pity. So much time is being spent on getting drivers implemented that new features and other kinds enhancements are being pushed back.
Movies

Submission + - Voodler announces on demand Video (expressen.se) 1

Submitted by millwall
millwall writes: Swedish tabloid Expressen is reporting (in Swedish) about on demand video service Voddler scheduled to launch later this autumn. Its Spotify-like interface will enable free ad paid streaming as well as a paid service without adverts. Voddler is currently in Windows only beta and contains 400 titles streaming from SD quality up to 1080p. At launch more movie titles will be added as well as a Linux and Mac version.

Comment Re:the list Before a karma whore can... (Score 5, Informative) 282

by millwall (#29132663) Attached to: The Myth of the Isolated Kernel Hacker

At least attempt to format the list, mate:

      1. Red Hat: 12.3%
      2. IBM: 7.6%
      3. Novell: 7.6%
      4. Intel: 5.3%
      5. Independent consultant: 2.5%
      6. Oracle: 2.4%
      7. Linux Foundation: 1.6%
      8. SGI 1.6%
      9. Parallels 1.3%
    10. Renesas Technology: 1.3%
    11. Academia: 1.2%
    12. Fujitsu: 1.1%
    13. MontaVista: 1.1%
    14. MIPS Technologies: 1.1%
    15. Analog Devices: 1.0%
    16. HP: 1.0%
The Almighty Buck

On the Expectation of Value From Inexpensive Games 102

Posted by Soulskill from the all-about-the-washingtons dept.
An article by game designer Ian Bogost takes a look at what type of value we attach to games, and how it relates to price. Inspiration for the article came from the complaint of a user who bought Bogost's latest game and afterward wanted a refund. The price of the game? 99 cents. Quoting: "Games aren't generally like cups of coffee; they don't get used up. They don't provide immediate gratification, but ongoing challenge and reward. This is part of what Frank Lantz means when he claims that games are not media. Yet, when we buy something for a very low price, we are conditioned to see it as expendable. What costs a dollar these days? Hardly anything. A cup of coffee. A pack of sticky notes. A Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger. A lottery ticket. Stuff we use up and discard. ... I contend that iPhone players are not so much dissatisfied as they are confused: should one treat a 99-cent game as a piece of ephemera, or as a potentially rich experience?"
Movies

Submission + - Why is Hollywood spoiling its own movies? (denofgeek.com)

Submitted by johnpilgersmith
johnpilgersmith writes: From the article:
"[Trailers] give away the tent poles of the plot in a two-minute spoiler and frequently show you an inordinate amount of the movie's ending (this being because so many films pour half of their budget into the ending). In wanting to assure me that all the things I like are in the movie, they show them ALL to me; and, I think, half-hope that I will assume that what they're showing me is just 'the tip of the iceberg' in terms of spectacle.

"But any cinema-goer over the age of fifteen knows that if Hollywood pays for an iceberg, the whole iceberg will be in the trailer. Therefore just enjoy the irony that the greatest proponents of anti-piracy on the planet are giving the movie away for nothing, and go and see the flick for some other reason — if you have one."
The Internet

Submission + - Notspots - Where broadband isn't in the UK.

Submitted by dredwerker
dredwerker writes: The BBC is reporting where in the UK gets less than 2Mbps. According to replies on slashdot that was most of us, even if we had a reported 10 or 20 meg line.I certainly rarely see speeds much over 2MBps and I am supposed to have a 20MBps cable line. Join the grassroots campaign and lets get it faster or not if you can't be bothered.

Link Here UK broadband 'notspots' revealed

Around three million homes in the UK have broadband speeds of less than two megabits per second (2Mbps) according to research commissioned by the BBC.
The government has promised to provide all homes in the UK with speeds of at least 2Mbps by 2012.
Classic Games (Games)

Submission + - Why Monopoly sucks and how to fix it (examiner.com)

Submitted by
talien79
talien79 writes: "Ever finish a game of Monopoly? No? That's the first hint that there may be something wrong with the game. The Hartford Examiner takes a look at the love/hate relationship America has with Monopoly."

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