What isn't mentioned on the legal page is considered fair game. that covers a lot.
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Can you point me towards any documentation on AMD using VLIW cores? I thought the VLIW movement died with Transmeta. Also, if you could provide me with documentation that AMD isn't using the same-gen GPU cores in the XBO/PS4 that they put in the A10 (Southern Islands - Radeon 7XXX), I'd really appreciate that as well.
I wouldn't dare boot windows on a 256MB PC. it wouldn't run. However, I could do the very same thing with a Linux PC (you know, a PS3) without much issue. In fact, while typing this, I used Chef to deploy a 256MB VM running Lubuntu 13.04. :)
I'm an early adopter of the same hardware you're all going to be enjoying this christmas, and many of the same games. Plus, I get a Virtual Console offering that Nintendo/Microsoft/Sony only wish they could match, and a television experience with Sickbeard/XBMC that not even Netflix can match, let alone whatever soon-abandoned toy Microsoft will be including with the XBO.
You're absolutely right; Microsoft/Sony adopting the X86 platform for this generation is a perfect storm for Valve; release a Steambox running linux, and you can minimize the cost of porting to 20% of what those same efforts would require coming from a PPC architecture.
You are an impressive comedian. Kudos, to you, sir.
For those not in the know, a common joke on Arrested Development was that a character would accuse someone of doing something, and would then do the exact thing they were accusing someone else of doing.
I've had this setup (with a slightly slower AMD proc) for over 2 years, and I've been running BSNES, Dolphin, PCSX2, Nestopia, and MAME fairly regularly. Today's announcement informed me that I've been enjoying much of the next-generation gaming experience already, without any of the DRM Sony and Microsoft promise to include with their systems.
I personally know 4 students that were focusing 100% on XNA development; They're now scrambling to learn SDL and OpenGL ES after being burned by Microsoft. Seems the only developer embracing indies is Valve, and they're going to be the only ones focusing on that blue ocean this generation.
Yes, they're enemies of many corporations.
If you're going to be an enemy of the state, expect the state to react accordingly. They hold no quarter for terrorists since the Dubya Administration.
Sabu was a friend of the United States Government. Benedict Arnold was a friend of the British Crown. both are cheered by their supporters, and derided by their enemies.
I take it you're in agreement with everything else I said, as well?
Forgive me for the Ad Hominem.
As to your comment, a proper court was convened, and the process was correct. An excessive show of force was used, not for Dotcom particularly, but as a message/deterrent done in good faith to show others interested in going down this same path (of running an encrypted file locker, I guess). This is fully in accordance with all Commonwealth law systems, NZ included. I don't think anyone is making the argument that the NZ police were doing anything more than marching to the orders given to them (and ultimately supervised) by the US. None of the police on the scene were ever charged or reprimanded for any wrongdoing in the Dotcom Case. Why? Because they were just doing their job on a special day. They've all had terrorism training, and they were about to assist in the apprehension of an international terrorist (you know, like Assange, and Neij).
Now, with this in mind, why did a public official resign due to this fully lawful raid? because the people demanded that he did. The people were unhappy, and wanted someone to take responsibility for this massive screw-up. When that happened, someone resigned. This means that NZ's government still listens to (and fears) its people, and that might hold true for the rest of the Commonwealth as well. Could you imagine if the US government actually listened to its people? Could you imagine if the US citizens actually cared?
As for not being able to stop the ride, I used to agree with you, but I've since learned how to beat it. At least in North America, the trick is to counter their offers (arrest, obligation to show ID, etc) with a demand for consideration. That consideration can be in the form of payment, information, or performance on their end.
Basically, Kim Dotcom needs to have a chat with Timothy Geihtner about how he was released from the main NYPD station (less than four hours after being arrested for felonies), and he'll never spend a night in Jail again.
I realize I could probably use Yate for everything, but I know asterisk and openfire better at this point, so I use them. :)
More than likely, someone got wind in General Population that he was a computer nerd, and an easy mark. he was probably moved to "Administrative Segregation" in order to protect him. Often, effeminate or homosexual males will be put in some sort of protective custody. This segregation is regularly done for retaliation, but all things considered, it's better than the alternative: Guards look the other way while people up for murder/abuse you in your cell.
The downfall of most Administrative Segregation is that the prisoner is now amongst the other segregated prisoners. usually, these prisoners are heavily-drugged, and wander aimlessly, unless they're being lined up for another dose of drugs. This tends to put the observing prisoners in a deep state of depression. I have personally witnessed (within a 2 week period of solitary) more than 10 people break down and ask the guards for drugs, because they were feeling suicidal in the protective environment.
Honestly, it's like sleeping and eating in your bathroom. I hope weev doesn't lose sight of that fact amongst all the "correction" he's experiencing.
Two weeks ago, I spent 20 minutes with 3 KXStudio Laptops and a master KXStudio workstation, and got all the laptops acting as input slaves to pipe live instruments and mics to Ardour running on the workstation using Opus as the transferring codec. all it took was loading the network module into JACK, and making sure there was gigE/cat6 for networking. we had mp3's and FLAC's of the concert ready for the band to review before their roadies were done packing up the gear.
As for high-end hardware, the laptops are using M-Audio Fast Track Pros and 10/10's. None of the hardware goes for more than $150, and we're using ultra-cheap AMD Fusion laptop slaves sourced from alibaba with an AMD A10-based workstation as master. We're at $2800, including 3 monitors.
Because an AMD A10 with 12GB of RAM is stupid overpowered for audio production, we installed MacOS X via KVM and routed that output through JACK as well. WINE loads quite a few professional digital audio workstation packages, and a ton of VSTs, and wineasio makes them all work with JACK. Running all this emulation doesn't make the system feel sluggish at all.
the main website is http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net, but the LiveCD downloadable there is based on Ubuntu 12.04. I installed raring, added the PPA's, and then installed packages. I like bleeding edge. but the official livecd is _very_ painless to install if you're having headaches configuring.
(is a canadian, has looked through the criminal code, knows what is or isn't terrorism)
Tons of people with 3yo MBP's with an install of Snow Leopard, looking longingly at how pretty and useable my little powerless Netbook with 2GB of RAM is with OpenOffice/Dolphin/Blender/Gwenview/Firefox running and 40+ tabs open. They can barely run Safari, iPhoto, Mail.app, and Skype at the same time without constant beachballing, so they sit in quiet humility while I actually get stuff done.
Once installed on their computers, an install that just works, I grab AppMenu (QML) from kde-look and replace the default one. At this point the MBP owner has a better OS experience than Snow Leopard could/does offer, and we haven't even done any tweaking yet. like f.lux or redshift (which you can grab from a ppa). I don't see the crashes you guys do on these apps, oddly enough. just works for me and my customers.
I love you Mac guys, really. You pay top-dollar for your hardware, and then Apple forgets about you in less than 4 years. I almost feel like I'm a rescue worker for abused and battered Apple customers.