Posted 11/03/2009 at 08:34:21pm

I installed win 7 and ubuntu 9.1 on the same day on the same machine and had zero problems with either.  I was a little surprised to hear there were any issues with ubuntu.  The simularities between the two os's is actually kinda amusing for me except for the part where i paid $100 for one and nothing for the other.  Now why did I do that again?  oh, that's right -- games don't work in linux! And this is the part where I could go on a rant on how game companies drank the DirectX cool-aid but I digress...

That said, Windows still is and probably always will be slicker than linux IMHO.   Ubuntu has closed that gap conciderably but it's still there.  My heart weeps...

Posted 06/19/2009 at 06:39:42pm

nothing like a little competition to keep the price in check!  I hope these services work -- then I will finally have a reason to leave Windows once and for all.

Posted 03/30/2009 at 06:16:15pm

This is a new beast entirely.  One that can devour them all IF (and that's a pretty big if) they can get it to work.  Technically, you could play Crysis on a netbook with all settings set to high using the mentioned browser option.

And that could be a problem.  Think about it -- if they are successful and this idea takes off, whats to stop OnLive from deciding they are going to standardize on one platform -- say AMD/ATI?  It could effectively kill innovation. Game developers would also be more likely to develop for the OnLive platform rather than anticipating the next generation of PC hardware because OnLive doesn't want to upgrade their servers -- and lets face it, we all want to play the newest, most demanding games out there, which will make it silly for OnLive to upgrade only some of their servers.

If it wasn't for the compitition between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo,  we would all still be using Atari's.  Unless someone else comes along (SteamCloud?) and champion's better hardware capability, this could ultimately push gaming, all gaming, to a grinding hault in terms of technical innovation.

And one more practical drawback -- no internet, no game.  period.

Posted 03/30/2009 at 03:30:15pm

my n800 has flash and that's not far removed from the current crop of phones.  OS2008 = linux, Andriod = linux, so what's the problem?  is it the browser issue?

Posted 01/27/2009 at 02:07:45pm

I actually did get a really good deal on a high-end tv when the local Circuit City started doing it's death rattle way back in November and I STILL haven't seen a better sale price for a comparable model at Best Buy or any other store (but I have since seen a few online that beat mine by about $100 and one of those had free shipping).  DVD's and CD's were also marked down a few bucks cheaper than elsewhere.

But true to what has been said here - the "original" price was suspiciously (often laughably) high and there were definitely no good deals that I saw on the computer side.

Bottom line: don't buy the hype.  Do your research.

Posted 01/21/2009 at 05:41:10am

if it wasn't for MyCokeRewards i wouuld not be using GameTap.  if it wasn't for GameTap i would have no use for MyCokeRewards.  i like GameTap.  i like Coke.  it's all good.

Posted 12/29/2008 at 02:12:45pm

...but it still needs work (guess that's why it's an alpha and not a beta).

The design concept here is to have as little clutter as possible on the screen to maximize the web content.  The rendering performace appears to be on par with the existing browser on the N800 (which is honestly the best I've seen for hand-held devices IMHO).  But this one supports extensions!

The Nokia 8x0 platform is an easy choice to use as a test platform for Fennec since it is practically a linux computer anyways, has a higher-res 800x480 screen, and it already uses a Mozilla browser (part of Maemo OS2008) but the N800 lacks the implementation of a good graphical processor so some of the cool features of Fennec, such as finger-scrolling the web page to the side a-la ipod Touch to view your bookmarks and other options, lag badly and feel awkward.

 I'm looking forward to inevitably seeing this browser on a more capable device with better finger-scrolling support but so far it looks really promising.

Posted 12/10/2008 at 11:42:35am

Has anyone notices that there are no Valve games on the list?  Has Steam really successfully avoided the piracy problem?  Has Left4Dead even been pirated yet?

Posted 12/08/2008 at 01:13:14pm

no more-- i don't care how sweet a sale.

And I agree -- ban all Monster cables until they give this up and give the money back to the companies they stole it from.  I will bet all alleged 400 companies they forced to settle so far were relatively small companies -- no way Disnew and Monster.com folds.  I would also bet they will never attempt to sue the big companies because they know those guys have the money to pony up the lawyers to fight and beat them.

The law firm that took this case should lose their license.  This is predatory and abusive use of the law at it's worst.

Posted 12/04/2008 at 12:16:07pm

That lame comment actually made Crytek look good for their over-the-top requirements for Crysis. All is forgiven Crytek!