thomholwerda

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by thomholwerda 14y ago
You seem to be missing a whole slew of games here, and most importantly, you don't seem to understand just how gritty, dark, and realistic Wolfenstein was for its time. You cherry-pick robo-Hitler in order to paint Wolfenstein as a fun and
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
"When Halo came out"? As opposed to the endless steam of first person shooters that came before it that were even more straightforward, simplistic, and violence-driven? Blaming Microsoft for this is insane. There is virtually no difference
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Wishing people to death really isn't cool. How would you feel if random people on the web told you they wanted you or your family to die? Disagrement - okay - but calling for people to be killed - not okay, especially not over over somethin
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Nokia's VP8 patent claims: we've been here before(osnews.com)
1 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Google Reader has been active for 8 years. That's longer than most technology products. In addition, there are countless alternatives to choose from, and you can easily get your data out of Reader and move to one of those countless alternat
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Change platforms(osnews.com)
1 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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Palm: I'm ready to wallow now(osnews.com)
2 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Yes, but this applies to any and all software - including H.26{5,6,7,8,9}. Sadly.
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
This agreement covers VP9 as well.
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
On top of that, Qualcomm and Broadcom are WebM supporters. http://www.webmproject.org/about/supporters/
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
VP8 went from (according to the MPEG-LA and its proponents) legally dangerous to a better option (at least legally) than H.264, covering more users and more usage scenarios (namely, not just non-commercial, but commercial too), and for free
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Google called the MPEG-LA's bluff, and won(osnews.com)
140 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|88 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
The author has clearly never seen a PalmOS device. Outdated now, sure, but they were a massive hit, and everyone - still - knows the platform. Put in its correct perspective - i.e., computers were less ubiquitous during its heyday - the Pal
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On the rise of digital design(osnews.com)
17 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|5 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
The article makes some great points, but is entirely undermined by Gruber stating that "iOS - and the iPhone in particular - is its leading edge", with "its" referring to flat design. At the same time, he reduces Windows Phone/Metro to a fo
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Windows RT ported to HTC HD2(osnews.com)
2 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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A niche use case for on-screen keyboards(osnews.com)
1 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Normalised by the number of countries it was available in, it didn't do any better than the 4S (from @asymco). http://twitpic.com/axx0ki
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Apple vs. DRI: the *other* look-and-feel lawsuit (osnews.com)
1 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious(osnews.com)
418 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|426 comments
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CDE released as open source(osnews.com)
3 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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How to fix the patent mess(osnews.com)
1 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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IP law: undemocratic, totalitarian, and unethical(osnews.com)
10 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
I was about to say. Stuff like this happens to the best of us. Look at any Apple press event and you'll see several machines lined up - and in fact, Jobs has had his hiccups as well during keynotes. If this is regarded as a "fail", than the
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The death of consistency in UI design(osnews.com)
83 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|58 comments
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A 1956 encyclopaedia's view on the computer (osnews.com)
120 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|79 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Doesn't work on Android's Chrome because of a huge non-dismissable social media SEO spam overlay. Combined with the title makes me think the author has an agenda here.
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Women in IT don't need special treatment(osnews.com)
3 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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Keep an eye on Valve, even if you're not into games(osnews.com)
4 points by thomholwerda 14y ago|0 comments
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by thomholwerda 14y ago
Not to be a spoilsport or anything, but is there any confirmation for this? A photograph, or at the very least a Twitter message? Something...?

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