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Re: Sorry pirates, but it may be a while before you get to play Metal Gear Solid V

Yonah — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:34:02 -0000

I've got a similar problem. Since moving to China in 2009 I wasn't able to buy games on Steam because "UnionPay", a system used on Chinese bank cards, wasn't supported. Finally they added support for Union Pay but I still can't buy MGSV. In fact, a search for "Konami" on Steam only returns 3 results: Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, Superstar Dance Club, and a free demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Also can't buy Bionic Commando Rearmed. So, to BitTorrent I went to download the games I wanted to purchase, but wasn't given the opportunity.

Re: Advantages & Disadvantages of Using Smart Cards

Yonah — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 05:28:49 -0000

Missing one very big disadvantage: poor reliability. The IC chip is vulnerable to static discharge and the contact pads can become worn and corroded over time. Sometimes in as little as six months. Not as reliable as the traditional magnetic strip.

Re: AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

Yonah — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 06:50:12 -0000

Are you assuming that the produce industry is free of slave labor? Because you'd be wrong if you were.

Re: OS showdown: Windows 10 vs Linux

Yonah — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:24:03 -0000

Wayland has been "in production" for the past 3 years, yet it still hasn't become the default display server. When it gets close, the neck-beards will fight it tooth and nail over its lack of network transparency and, like Systemd, get their butts handed to them. 120FPS on a 7 year old game. Such progress!

Re: OS showdown: Windows 10 vs Linux

Yonah — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 02:13:50 -0000

It's about time. However, I don't believe your claim that said file doesn't exist anymore. If anything, this ignores people using older distributions. Zealotry is truly blinding.

Re: OS showdown: Windows 10 vs Linux

Yonah — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:49:24 -0000

Third party virtual desktop options have existed for Windows for a long time, but few people use them. Where Windows shines is the ease of setting up multiple displays. Unless things have changed, Linux still requires manual editing of the xorg.conf file to set that up. Now that's pathetic.

Re: OS showdown: Windows 10 vs Linux

Yonah — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:46:37 -0000

Yes, I can guarantee that, but that's because I'm fully aware of what I'm doing. So much so that I manually suspend the SDL2 thread due to a bug that causes Steam.exe to hammer the registry with over 100 requests a second. Graphics performance on Linux has always lagged behind everyone else for reasons that vary from half-baked drivers to the continued use of the antiquated X Windows System. Wayland is a LONG overdue step in the right direction, but I don't expect that to mature for another 5 years.

Re: Confederate Flag Sales Up ‘500 Times’

Yonah — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:53:15 -0000

To uneducated rednecks, it doesn't represent racism. But that's always been your problem. Failure to understand the world outside of yourself.

Re: Confederate Flag Sales Up ‘500 Times’

Yonah — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:51:31 -0000

Only to themselves. To the rest of us it just shows how desperate conservatives have become. Get a rebel flag tattoo on your face, wear rebel flag clothing, and legally change your name to "Rebel Flag." Everyone should have the freedom to do that. Just keep your garbage off government property.

Re: Confederate Flag Sales Up ‘500 Times’

Yonah — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:45:00 -0000

Yes, a tattoo! A perfect way to advertise your level of intelligence.

Re: Experiment: No bathing week

Yonah — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:05:42 -0000

The lighting in these pictures is not consistent.

Re: Deadly rhetoric

Yonah — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:33:39 -0000

Yes, they would try, but they would have a lower success rate. If the goal is killing, the gun is the ultimate tool for the job. Period. That's why when your government "turns tyrannical", you'll be "defending yourself" with a gun instead of a pair of scissors.

Re: Gates urges Stanford grads not to focus on profit alone

Yonah — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:49:19 -0000

"Ruthlessly profit-driven?" No, that would have been Steve Jobs, by far. Gates said, "If innovation is purely market driven, and we don't focus on the big inequities, then we could have amazing advances in inventions that leave the world even more divided." He isn't saying not to focus on profits. He's saying not to focus ONLY on profits. Times change, people change, and Bill Gates isn't the same person he was 39 years ago.

Re: Chicken Nuggets, With a Side of Respiratory Distress

Yonah — Thu, 01 May 2014 10:04:54 -0000

I don't get it. Why use chemicals? Cook the chicken property before you eat it. Problem solved.

Re: What Running Out of Power in a Tesla on the Side of a Highway Taught Me About the Road Trip of Tomorrow

Yonah — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:38:28 -0000

I find your claim of neutrality on this issue to be highly dubious. Making claims on the Internet is pretty easy. Backing up your claims takes more effort.

Re: What Running Out of Power in a Tesla on the Side of a Highway Taught Me About the Road Trip of Tomorrow

Yonah — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:51:00 -0000

The Tesla shills are out in full force on this article. I guess in these difficult economic times people are desperate to find any way to make a little extra bread.

Re: The Game Boy is 25 years old today

Yonah — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:17:27 -0000

The size of the original NES PCB was 196.85 x 120.65 mm (excluding the RF modulator) with much of that width used to accommodate the 72-pin cartridges used at the time. The
original Game Boy PCB was 88.9 x 140 mm, not including the driver board for the LCD screen (add another 88 x 88 mm). As
with most electronics, IC chips got physically smaller in the course of 3 years. Give the original NES a cartridge slot the size of the Game Boy and the size differences between the two systems become negligible.
The Game Boy was fun, but it was by no means some great feat of engineering. Bear in mind that 60 FPS was the standard for NTSC based arcade, console, and computer systems even going as far back as the late 70s. The onset of 3D/Polygon based games often drags the frame rate below 60 FPS, due to overzealous game designers and programmers pushing the limits of the hardware available.

Re: The Game Boy is 25 years old today

Yonah — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 16:15:31 -0000

The original Gameboy didn't have a backlit display.

Re: AP Exclusive: Kentucky Inmate Starves to Death

Yonah — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:50:10 -0000

Glad you're not my doctor.

Re: AP Exclusive: Kentucky Inmate Starves to Death

Yonah — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:48:29 -0000

Indeed, some people have a drug problem. Some also have an alcohol problem. Is that the fault of those who manufacture and distribute alcoholic beverages? Should we lock up those people too? As with alcohol, I feel we shouldn't punish those who manufacture and distribute narcotics to people who choose to consume such products and we need ways to educate people of the dangers and provide treatment for those who have substance abuse problems. Your assumption about "lib-minded ilk" is also off-base.

Re: The Game Boy is 25 years old today

Yonah — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:01:14 -0000

"It only ran at 4.19MHz, but managed 60fps"
So? The original NES also provided 60FPS at a higher resolution in color with a 1.79MHz CPU.

Re: Microsoft Under Pressure from China to Keep Windows XP

Yonah — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:56:40 -0000

There is nothing innovative about playing some lame background music during an OS install. You want innovative? I scripted my Amiga Workbench 2.0 boot disk (880k) to play a music module in the background while it was loading, then stop playing after it was finished. That was in 1992.

Re: Microsoft Under Pressure from China to Keep Windows XP

Yonah — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:51:28 -0000

I also had no problem with the Start Menu, but I also welcomed its death. I created custom folders for everything, organized by function (graphics, audio, emulation, programming). I rarely uninstall a program. When I do I just go to the "Programs and Features" list available from the Control Panel. Even still, the uninstall icon is still visible from the Start Screen in the "All Apps" section.

Hiding the advanced parts? I don't think so. They just moved stuff out of the way based on how people most often use windows. Have you right clicked on the lower left side of the screen? Nice little menu pops up with all kinds of stuff that the "power users" would find necessary. Personally, I've enjoyed every new release of Windows since 95. That includes Windows ME and Vista, the former I ran on 3 machines with less problems than I had with Windows 98. Exactly what tasks are you trying to do that makes you jump through more hoops? You should be able to easily create a shortcut for anything you feel has been "hidden away."

Re: Microsoft Under Pressure from China to Keep Windows XP

Yonah — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:31:39 -0000

WDDM has no effect on games unless with are running in a window on the desktop. On XP, open a window, any window. Now click and hold on the title bar and move the window left and right, back and forth. You'll notice tearing on the windows edges. This happens because Windows XP updates the screen regardless of where the video card is drawing the display. Think of it as having V-sync enabled on the desktop at all times, without a performance penalty.

Re: Deep Cuts: On Kanye West and That Thing He Said About Jewish People

Yonah — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:21:20 -0000

I stopped reading at this point: "I'm a fan. A big fan."