I picked up GTA4 yesterday. A bit reluctant, because I read about the horrible installation/validation process. We’re now roughly a year after its release date, and because I’m a terrible sucker for bargain bins when it comes to PC games, I’ll analyze what has been fixed and what not in …
Testing a geiger counter? Elaborate practical joke? A throw at super powers? For about $30, get your own bucket of Uranium Ore off Amazon. Make sure to have a look at the downright hilarious customer reviews: I got this for the kids and they have a great time throwing it …
Via the excellent Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
Since a lot of people seem to be struggling with this issue (getting good performance out of Intel Mobile Graphics chips on Ubunty Jaunty), I’ll give a quick heads-up on my findings again. I’m on an 945GM chip myself, so although this issue probably effects the whole range of chips …
DRM is a scheme of the past. Why the iTunes store is still florishing, I can only guess. Ease-of-use and tight coupling with the Apple product line (lifestyle) might be the reason. Since april, all of the iTunes songs are DRM-free. The problem is, this right is not invoked on …
A couple of weeks ago, I reported about a fix for Intel driver performance regression in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). The fix solved the overal responsiveness of the interface (especially for composite-enabled desktops), but introduced a new problem which wasn’t visible at first: a memory leak slowly filling up swap …
Apparently, Douglas Adams got his inspiration for writing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy lying stoned in a field near Innsbruck, Austria. I used to go there on holiday every year with my parents. It was meant to be! Happy Towel Day everybody!