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Sorry, not the tweet - the article he linked. I... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Sorry, not the tweet - the article he linked. I agree that the end of console game trade-ins is a good thing.
Posted by P, on Yesterday at 02:14 PM, in Gaming
I read it as Crossbone, as in Skull & Crossbones,... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
I read it as Crossbone, as in Skull & Crossbones, but I know that you are not alone in that interpretation.

As for the PA Report piece: I don't always agree with Kuchera, but this time we are on...
Posted by P, on Yesterday at 01:15 PM, in Gaming
AMD timed their release of the "Jaguar" processor... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
AMD timed their release of the "Jaguar" processor - the base for the CPU part of both the PS4 and the XBone - to come right after MS' reveal. Anand has a test of a prototype laptop with one of them....
Posted by P, on Yesterday at 06:15 AM, in Gaming
Doing so would mean dropping the memory bandwidth... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Doing so would mean dropping the memory bandwidth to a third, and since they don't have a big cache to act as frame buffer, that would absolutely kill performance. Either they'd have to put in the...
Posted by P, on May 22, 2013 at 12:46 PM, in Gaming
That's what I think too. Of course Sony will use... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
That's what I think too. Of course Sony will use some of that 8 GB for their OS as well, but basically: the PS4 has a higher total memory bandwidth, double the texture filtering power and more memory...
Posted by P, on May 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM, in Gaming
So basically, what is on the game disc is an... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
So basically, what is on the game disc is an installer and possibly some content, not the executable itself. At first install, it is tied to your profile, much like a key code on Steam is tied to a...
Posted by P, on May 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM, in Gaming
Not at all - there is merit in all these things.... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
Not at all - there is merit in all these things. I'm merely trying to follow your thread here. You're faulting Apple for sourcing parts produced in non-democratic countries - I'm saying that avoiding...
Posted by P, on May 22, 2013 at 09:16 AM, in Political/War Lounge
On the operating system thing: Apparently it will... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
On the operating system thing: Apparently it will be running a hypervisor - a sort of mini-OS that hosts other OSes - which in turn runs two copies of Windows. One will be the Xbox-specific OS, which...
Posted by P, on May 22, 2013 at 03:25 AM, in Gaming
Could be. The main saving is in the memory type.... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Could be. The main saving is in the memory type. One difference, however, is that the 360 was easier to code for than the PS3, while the PS4 looks to be easier than the "Xbox One" (yeah, I think it...
Posted by P, on May 21, 2013 at 05:10 PM, in Gaming
It was supposed to be a sort-of sequel to... 1,028 Views / 88 Replies  
It was supposed to be a sort-of sequel to Superman 2. Hence Luthor knowing all about him and kryptonite, Lois knowing his identity, and of course the child.
Posted by P, on May 21, 2013 at 03:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge
No, because you probably can't install anything... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
No, because you probably can't install anything not signed by MS.

(All Xboxen run a version of Windows ever since the first one).



This one I must have missed?

(Generally it is a drag on...
Posted by P, on May 21, 2013 at 03:49 PM, in Gaming
For 1: What happens if you use the remote button... 386 Views / 3 Replies  
For 1: What happens if you use the remote button on the headphones?
Posted by P, on May 21, 2013 at 02:59 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I agree that your workflow seems to be very RAM... 1,027 Views / 55 Replies  
I agree that your workflow seems to be very RAM hungry. I wonder if there might be a memory leak somewhere?

If we take a little detour into mice and keyboards, I would like to add my voice in...
Posted by P, on May 21, 2013 at 02:56 AM, in Mac Desktops
That business decision being outsourcing final... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
That business decision being outsourcing final assembly to Foxconn, which somehow created issues at Apple's suppliers a few levels down? Or is it the details in Apple's sourcing process that is the...
Posted by P, on May 20, 2013 at 03:49 AM, in Political/War Lounge
I don't think I've seen copy protection by... 224 Views / 8 Replies  
I don't think I've seen copy protection by checking for the DVD for a few years now. In any case, installation from the discs should be possible - it's the checks at start that might give you...
Posted by P, on May 19, 2013 at 02:14 PM, in Mac OS X
Why would the partition map not be replicated?... 344 Views / 25 Replies  
Why would the partition map not be replicated? The in RAID 1, the RAID controller's job is to send all writes to two drives - it shouldn't understand what is the partition map and what is your files....
Posted by P, on May 18, 2013 at 09:52 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
If the controller craps out, can't you just use... 344 Views / 25 Replies  
If the controller craps out, can't you just use either drive as a regular HD to recover your data?



Rather say that a software RAID5 setup should include a UPS.

(I'm surprised you didn't...
Posted by P, on May 17, 2013 at 06:59 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
He is probably doing what he loves and making... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
He is probably doing what he loves and making good money doing so. He apparently hates the base UNIX design with a passion, so he could hardly go out and do open source work.
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 04:45 PM, in Gaming
All you need to use MacPorts is a package called... 205 Views / 12 Replies  
All you need to use MacPorts is a package called Command Line Tools for Xcode. It is freely available with a dev account (all of Xcode requires the paid account, IIRC).

Getting a new version of...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 04:35 PM, in Mac OS X
Curious detail that I heard about today. Most of... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Curious detail that I heard about today. Most of you probably don't know the name Dave Cutler, but he's a minor celebrity in OS programming circles. First he was at VAX, building VMS to compete with...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 03:00 PM, in Gaming
Yes, if you call Apple sales directly, they have... 205 Views / 12 Replies  
Yes, if you call Apple sales directly, they have a way to hook you up.
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 02:44 PM, in Mac OS X
Jealous. Shouldn't be, as I just managed to hook... 573 Views / 27 Replies  
Jealous. Shouldn't be, as I just managed to hook up a 7850 to an old overclocked PC and then connect the whole thing to the iMac for gaming, but it would be nice to not have to worry with such...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 02:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
This. You can use TenFourFox ... 174 Views / 6 Replies  
This. You can use TenFourFox (http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/)as your browser. Only flaw is that it does not support Flash, but you can mostly work around that problem using QTE...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 10:44 AM, in Mac OS X
Snipping because I'm not here to debate crime... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
Snipping because I'm not here to debate crime around the world, it was just an example.

I don't buy that the business decision to outsource to Foxconn has destroyed lives. Even if Apple had not...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 07:42 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Haven't read anything more than the initial piece... 306 Views / 20 Replies  
Haven't read anything more than the initial piece on nytimes.com, but she mentions some form of temporary implants first and then final implants. No word on the size - I get the impressions that that...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 06:11 AM, in MacNN Lounge
No. There is a second shoe waiting to drop here,... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
No. There is a second shoe waiting to drop here, and I'd love to know what it is. Methinks they may have made a deal with GameStop to get a cut of the action on the resale.
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 06:05 AM, in Gaming
UNIX library versions work like this: *... 205 Views / 12 Replies  
UNIX library versions work like this:

* Major version number change means that it is incompatible with previous versions. For this reason, version 7.0.0 will not replace version 6.4.3 or whatever...
Posted by P, on May 16, 2013 at 06:00 AM, in Mac OS X
Blofeld is the guy in the wheelchair with the... 490 Views / 51 Replies  
Blofeld is the guy in the wheelchair with the white cat. He is the leader of SPECTRE ever since the beginning (each of the Big Bad from the earlier movies, Goldfinger and Dr. No and the bunch, are...
Posted by P, on May 14, 2013 at 03:38 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Of course you send jobs to China to save money,... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
Of course you send jobs to China to save money, but I don't consider it particularly cutthroat business to do so today. Apple outsourced its production to a large manufacturer located in the region...
Posted by P, on May 14, 2013 at 11:04 AM, in Political/War Lounge
No, not the same. In Apple's supply chain, there... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
No, not the same. In Apple's supply chain, there were companies that did not follow the regulations set up by Apple. That's a far cry from saying that Apple sent production to child labor sweatshops...
Posted by P, on May 14, 2013 at 03:13 AM, in Political/War Lounge
Not sure I understand - DOSKEY is just command... 177 Views / 11 Replies  
Not sure I understand - DOSKEY is just command history for the terminal prompt in Windows, which OS X has always had. Or did someone reuse the name for something else that I'm not aware of?
Posted by P, on May 14, 2013 at 02:33 AM, in Applications
Quantum of Solace was a victim of the writers... 490 Views / 51 Replies  
Quantum of Solace was a victim of the writers strike. They had started shooting and had planned to finish the script while shooting. Suddenly no writers could work, and the production was ongoing....
Posted by P, on May 13, 2013 at 01:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Both I and Doc HM have Goldfinger in our lists. 490 Views / 51 Replies  
Both I and Doc HM have Goldfinger in our lists.
Posted by P, on May 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge
To discover who leaked, not to get at the... 506 Views / 34 Replies  
To discover who leaked, not to get at the blogger.



No, actually. Frequently alleged, but never proven - and while you can't prove a negative, at this point there has been enough digging that...
Posted by P, on May 13, 2013 at 04:18 AM, in Political/War Lounge
At this point we've named almost all of them. No... 490 Views / 51 Replies  
At this point we've named almost all of them. No takers for the Dalton movies, You Only Live Twice got lost among the similar Connery movies (it's really quite good, but saying it's your favorite is...
Posted by P, on May 13, 2013 at 03:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I can understand liking this style of movie over... 490 Views / 51 Replies  
I can understand liking this style of movie over the more generic action adventures of Craig and Brosnan, but if one liked Skyfall, I wouldn't recommend Moonraker and Octopussy as more of the same....
Posted by P, on May 12, 2013 at 09:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge
They're all a product of their own eras and of... 490 Views / 51 Replies  
They're all a product of their own eras and of how the lead actor wanted to portray them. Out of the Connery ones, Goldfinger is probably the best example. All of them are good for different reasons...
Posted by P, on May 12, 2013 at 09:20 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Don't try to define what an OS is, that way lies... 326 Views / 33 Replies  
Don't try to define what an OS is, that way lies madness. Linux is a kernel, ie one piece required to build an OS. Ubuntu is a distribution, which is an OS and potentially something more. An OS is...
Posted by P, on May 12, 2013 at 03:52 AM, in MacNN Lounge
There is also the PC classic The Settlers. 350 Views / 11 Replies  
There is also the PC classic The Settlers.
Posted by P, on May 10, 2013 at 03:59 AM, in Gaming
Consider backing up /Library. That is system wide... 260 Views / 7 Replies  
Consider backing up /Library. That is system wide things that do not belong to default OS install.
Posted by P, on May 10, 2013 at 03:54 AM, in Mac OS X
This attitude is why FOSS still hasn't made any... 637 Views / 72 Replies  
This attitude is why FOSS still hasn't made any inroads on the desktop.
Posted by P, on May 9, 2013 at 02:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
When did you try Drobo? In uderstand they've... 344 Views / 25 Replies  
When did you try Drobo? In uderstand they've improved quite a bit the last few years.
Posted by P, on May 9, 2013 at 01:50 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I think Apple's view of Open Source is the same... 326 Views / 33 Replies  
I think Apple's view of Open Source is the same as many companies' today: Open Source is great for things that are tangential to the company's success, and terrible for something that is its core....
Posted by P, on May 9, 2013 at 10:20 AM, in MacNN Lounge
To be clear, when I say that Win 7 is 6.1, I mean... 477 Views / 42 Replies  
To be clear, when I say that Win 7 is 6.1, I mean that the internal version number actually is 6.1. I'm not making it up to make a point. Vista included many under-the-hood changes that weren't quite...
Posted by P, on May 9, 2013 at 10:15 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Most likely they don't include RAID 0/1 either -... 344 Views / 25 Replies  
Most likely they don't include RAID 0/1 either - OS X supports both in software, as long as they expose each drive to the OS individually.
Posted by P, on May 9, 2013 at 09:50 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
So run them in the simulator? 477 Views / 42 Replies  
So run them in the simulator?
Posted by P, on May 8, 2013 at 04:27 PM, in MacNN Lounge
But this is what is silly. If he has a persistent... 1,028 Views / 88 Replies  
But this is what is silly. If he has a persistent wifi connection (or whatever the solution is, I've heard many proposals and didn't pick up any of them myself when watching), he's no longer human -...
Posted by P, on May 8, 2013 at 04:26 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Yup, DICE - although we just said Digital... 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Yup, DICE - although we just said Digital Illusions back then. They used to be located here in Gothenburg before EA decided to consolidate them with another office in Stockholm. Apparently they're...
Posted by P, on May 8, 2013 at 02:52 PM, in Gaming
Interesting. They're hiring over here. 78,166 Views / 2,751 Replies  
Interesting. They're hiring over here.
Posted by P, on May 8, 2013 at 01:32 PM, in Gaming
So you want Windows 7, basically. ... 477 Views / 42 Replies  
So you want Windows 7, basically.

Microsoft's problem is that they own a market that is shrinking, and they want to jump to the next big thing - tablets - using their current monopoly as a...
Posted by P, on May 8, 2013 at 07:14 AM, in MacNN Lounge
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