Comment I don't understand (Score 1) 167
Does that mean, it's not on Wikileaks anymore?
Submission + - Duke Nukem Forever gameplay footage leaked (gossipgamers.com) 2
Comment Re:Actually, vegetables do scream when picked (Score 1) 628
I find a mix of radish and arugula works. Most carrots can understand that.
It might appear as if they understand you, yes. But don't let yourself be fooled: They may just be pretending. Most carrots I know have a weird sense of humor.
ScummVM 0.13.0 Delivers New Adventure Games 69
KingofGnG writes "The classics, by definition, never go out of fashion, let alone if they are the graphic adventures of past decades. The preferred tool of true adventurers is ScummVM, software that works as an interpreter between data files of such adventures and modern operating systems. 6 months after the release of version 0.12.0, developers have now delivered a new main release of the virtual machine, which includes novelties both for the interface and supported games."
Comment Re:Fair comparison considering the scenario (Score 2, Interesting) 240
you should use drupal over joomla for your companys website
:)
Actually I will recommend SilverStripe. I just love its MVC framework. It feels right from a developer's pov.
Comment Fair comparison considering the scenario (Score 4, Interesting) 240
He is comparing the usability of the two very different applications for a quite limited scenario, namely setting up very simple web sites with only a few static pages. For larger projects Wordpress simply won't do the job, but in that simple case, I agree that WordPress is a often much better choice. For my personal homepage I tried out lots of Open Source CMS, but finally got stuck with WordPress + some plugins. It does a surprisingly good job as CMS, but I would not recommend it for - say - my company's website.
Comment Obligatory Python reference (Score 2, Funny) 513
Why is it that the world never remembered the name of Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg?
Comment Re:159357 popular with lefties? (Score 1) 299
I'm right-handed, but I use the mouse with the left hand. The reason is that I suffer from RSI in the right hand, so every mouse click hurts. Switching to the left hand was hard for a week or so and I'm still not as precise as I was with the right hand, but working without pain is worth it.
Doing the Math On the New MacBook 783
Technologizer writes "Apple's new MacBook is a significantly different machine than its predecessor — a slicker laptop at a higher price point. But does it carry a large price premium over similar Windows PCs? I did a painstaking spec-by-spec comparison versus three roughly comparably-configured Windows machines, and came to the conclusion that the value it offers for price paid is not out of whack with the Windows world." The article uses the phrase "Mac tax," which one commenter points out is a recent Microsoft marketing canard.
Getting Away With a Cheap Graphics Card 290
theraindog writes "High-end graphics cards get all the glory, but most folks have a difficult time justifying $300 or more for a single PC component. But what if you could get reasonable performance in all the latest games from a budget card costing as little as $70? With game developers targeting the relatively modest hardware available in current consoles and trickle-down bringing cutting-edge features down to budget price points, today's low-end graphics cards are more capable than ever. To find out which one offers the best value proposition, The Tech Report has rounded up eight graphics cards between $70 and $170, comparing their game performance, Blu-ray playback acceleration, noise levels, and power consumption, with interesting results."
Comment Re:Anyone usinging specialised tests? (Score 1) 413
what is the third word of this sentence?
No, its the first.
No, what's the first.
Office 2007 Fails OOXML Test With 122,000 Errors 430
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Groklaw is reporting that some people have decided to compare the OOXML schema to actual Microsoft Office 2007 documents. It won't surprise you to know that Office 2007 failed miserably. If you go by the strict OOXML schema, you get a 17 MiB file containing approximately 122,000 errors, and 'somewhat less' with the transitional OOXML schema. Most of the problems reportedly relate to the serialization/deserialization code. How many other fast-tracked ISO standards have no conforming implementations?"
