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IDEs With VIM Text Editing Capability? 193

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @03:30PM from the one-keybinding-to-rule-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am currently looking to move from text editing with vim to a full fledged IDE with gdb integration, integrated command line, etc. Extending VIM with these capabilities is a mortal sin, so I am looking for a linux based GUI IDE. I do not want to give up the efficient text editing capabilities of VIM though. How do I have my cake and eat it too?"

Games Workshop Goes After Fan Site 174

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @05:03AM from the don't-anger-your-base dept.

mark.leaman writes "BoingBoing has a recent post regarding Games Workshop's aggressive posturing against fan sites featuring derivative work of their game products. 'Game publisher and miniature manufacturer Games Workshop just sent a cease and desist letter to boardgamegeek.com, telling them to remove all fan-made players' aids. This includes scenarios, rules summaries, inventory manifests, scans to help replace worn pieces — many of these created for long out of print, well-loved games...' As a lifelong hobby gamer of table, board, card and miniature games, I view this as pure heresy. It made me reject the idea of buying any Games Workshop (read Warhammer) products for my son this Christmas. Their fate was sealed, in terms of my wallet, after I Googled their shenanigans. In 2007 they forbid Warhammer fan films, this year they shut down Vassal Modules, and a while back they went after retailers as well. What ever happened to fair use?"

What If They Turned Off the Internet? 511

Posted by timothy on Saturday October 24, 2009 @09:47PM from the very-funny-now-where-is-slashdot dept.

theodp writes "It's the not-too-distant future. They've turned off the Internet. After the riots have settled down and the withdrawal symptoms have faded, how would you cope? Cracked.com asked readers to Photoshop what life would be like in an Internet-addicted society learning to cope without it. Better hope it never happens, or be prepared for dry-erase message boards, carrier pigeon-powered Twitter, block-long lines to get into adult video shops, door-to-door Rickrolling, Lolcats on Broadway, and $199.99 CDs."

Comment Re:This is good and Jerry Avenaim doesn't get it (Score 1) 572

by texasandroid on Monday July 20, 2009 @10:49AM (#28756285) Attached to: Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad

A good example of how this can work right is the article on author J. Michael Straczynski. Straczynski's article had one of the typical sub-par photos. He lamented this fact on one of his on-net postings, and in the same posting provided a much better photo, officially released the new photo under the necessary license, and asked any of his readers who were Wikipedia-savvy to do the needed work to get the new photo into place. The work was done, and the article now contains a publicity quality photo of the author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski

Comment Re:I wonder where he was. (Score 1) 356

by texasandroid on Thursday October 02, 2008 @03:21PM (#25237007) Attached to: Fossett's Plane Found

In many of the reports they are saying it's quite possible that a body will never be found. In a wilderness area like this, with many, many hungry animals, bodies can get very quickly scattered all over.

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