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Re: How to install games to an Xbox 360 Hard drive

Chris Salij — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:02:21 -0000

The install usually takes less than 10minutes. However you always need to have the cd in the drive, as the xbox checks for it to make sure you still have the game.

Re: How to install games to an Xbox 360 Hard drive

sandy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:50:36 -0000

How many days does it take to start playing without the cd?

Re: L’Oréal: Inspired by the science of genes

woofan — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:47:58 -0000

What a lovely letter!
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Re: Xocai is a scam

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Re: Friday Night

Agneta_chiama — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:56:06 -0000

Cos thats a passion God's put in you Chris Sally:D

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

Chris Salij — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:25:24 -0000

I'm not sure if I got my point across as fully as I'd have hoped, but what you say in the second and third paragraphs of your comment are pretty much exactly what I said in my post. ChromeOS is for netbooks where there's certain restrictions (like power, speed etc). And Chrome browser would just be a program on on fully fledged OS's

To quote myself directly
"Chrome browser would reside on full OS’s like Windows, Linux or Mac and finally Chrome OS would be a netbook OS. It’s the perfect form factor, where speed and power is an issue..."

Similarly with your third paragraph. Google is trying to get you into their cloud. You mentioned "Ubiquity. Consistency. Portability." I'd fully agree with this, and it's a major undercurrent of my post. They're trying to give you the basic tools to always be connected (to google's cloud ideally).

As for your point on Android, I stand by my original statement, that google didn't anticipate the tablet move. However they have designed a system that can cope well with different form factors, which will ease their transistion. I think that if they went with apple's model (as Chris Duffin suggested) they would have been left in a much worse position then they are now.

But what do you say about these reports that all the Android tablets are not getting support from Google. That Phone makers are getting plenty of resources, but tablet makers are getting the cold shoulder more often than not... I don;t have links on hand, as I just sat down. But if you like I could dig them up...

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

Chris Salij — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:14:49 -0000

I don't think they want to enforce how the web works. My point was that they want the browsers to have a certain set of base features which will enable them to create more advanced Web Applications. I honostly think they're happy with html5 which is why they went with webkit.

I actually know one of the core developers who worked on Chrome OS and the Mac port of Chrome. He told me very little but what he did say was that they were all conceived of at the same time. Development was staggered as one had to be started before another could begin. But they were part of a single plan.

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

Keith — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:31:33 -0000

No his argument is that all these articles claiming there will be fragmentation have different ideas of what that fragmentation is.

All Applications are forward compatible. So no fragmentation lies there.

If an developer wants to use a feature in a newer release. It is the developers choice not to target lower version devices. Once again that isn't fragmentation. That is normal developmental progression.

And developers don't have to choose what devices to support. They choose what their application requires, then only devices that support the application can download it.

Why would a developer, whose application requires the use of a GPS device, want to provide an application to devices without GPS? It isn't fragmentation. Its all the one App Store. Just those particular devices without GPS won't see that particular app. And for a very good reason.

And in fact the bottom two layers are universal with the exception of specific device drivers.

The Android OS is not the iPhone. Nor will it ever be. It works well as it is. Its cycle of development is fast. Innovation and progress is at its core.

I invite you to read the post from Dan Morrill again.

"The choice is in app developers’ hands as to whether they want to live on the bleeding edge for the flashiest features, or stay on older versions for the largest possible audience. And in the long term, as the mobile industry gets more accustomed to the idea of upgradeable phone software, more and more devices will be be upgraded."

And yes something that works well for a phone can also work for more than tablets.
http://wetab.mobi/en
http://www.google.com/tv/

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

ChrisDuffin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:01:28 -0000

His argument for Android not having a problem with fragmentation is that no one has defined fragmentation?

He sum's up the argument that fragmentation will be problem whilst trying to pretend it won't be

"As a developer, you simply decide what features your app requires, and list them in your app’s AndroidManifest.xml.
The Android compatibility program ensures that only compatible devices have access to Android Market.
Android Market makes sure your app is only visible to those devices where it will run correctly, by filtering your app from devices which don’t have the features you listed."

So developers will have to choose what devices and what features too support. You want to support more features? You'll have to restrict the devices you can support. You want to support more devices? You have to restrict the features you support.

That's the very fucking definition of Fragmentation and he's glossed over because he doesn't think a definition for Fragmentation exists!

Your second link just proves my point about the "all encompassing OS".

They should have focused on making the bottom 2 layers universal and then allowing the top 2 layers to unique to the type of device. What works well for a phone doesn't necessarily work for a tablet.

Again, I point to Windows Mobile for a perfect example of why this is a bad idea.

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

Keith — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:28:05 -0000

Pretty much sums up why fragmentation really isn't an issue.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/...

I also don't understand the "all encompassing OS" comment.

http://developer.android.com/g...

This is a pretty clear indication that they were developing a very concise base system that can run on multiple devices with minimal issues.

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

ChrisDuffin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:19:00 -0000

I would have agreed with a lot of this apart from one important factor. The fact that Google Chrome uses Webkit as it's rendering engine, suggests to me that the idea they want to enforce how the web looks is a wrong one. If they wanted to do so they would have written their own rendering engine rather than borrowing somebody elses. This to me would suggest that the browser was not the first thought to google's mind.

I reckon that Chrome OS came before Chrome the browser. Much in the same way that iPhone OS was originally born on a tablet and repurposed for a phone, I reckon several concepts and technologies were born from Google's experiments in an OS. Having seen how these could then be applied to a browser I would suggest that Google decided to start on the Chrome Browser project.

I also see a fundamental flaw in Android OS. I read an article the other day on how fragmentation is going to undermine Android in a big way. And I would agree with this. I think (and I can hear Keith screaming already) that Google should have followed a stance similar to Apple. One thing that Apple does really really well is keeping continuity across platforms whilst also allowing each platform to excel at it's aims. They acheive this be using a base (in this case OS X) and then building the devices software on top of this. Rather than trying to build an all encompassing OS they have created a base on which to build the right OS for the right devices. Googles lack of control over the finished product will also lead to poor fragmentation of the platform. I am surprised that Google has taken this route, I would have imagined Windows Mobile would be enough of a lesson for anybody.

I might add more later, I'm starving so I'm gonna leave it there and come back.

Re: Google’s Chrome Play

Keith — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:52:50 -0000

You seem to be confused as to what the relation between Chrome OS and Chrome is. I see that you decided to view Chrome/Chromium as an OS. I don't feel you are entirely correct in that assumption.

I think what Chrome does is form a powerful basis on the ideology behind the Chrome OS. A fast, light, web based computing experience.
However there is a large difference between them. Their scope of use.
Chrome OS is aimed at netbooks, with low power requirements and limited or low resources. To enact this they use the ideas of Web Apps and the Cloud, and the ability to support this is in a fast efficient lightweight browser.

Now where Chrome OS falls down is when you want to bring the same access to your desktop or a different platform. That is where the standalone Chrome browser comes in. You get all the same functionality and use from the Cloud and Web Apps as you would from the Chrome OS, while retaining the functionality of your normal computing environment.

I see this as a fundamental part of both projects. Ubiquity. Consistency. Portability. Reliability. No matter what system you go to, your net book, desktop, even another persons computer, you have the same access to the same environment and data. And the net book brings all this into the area of portability with the ease of use for daily tasks that a phone/tablet just can't match up to. And I do think there is a significant amount here.

Now the point of Android is to bring all this to the realm of the mobile platform, and I do include tablets in this.
Saying that Google didn't mean for Android to deal with such a large screen could be true assumption, but they do emphatically say to design apps for android that scale well for all screen types. To me this does cover the possibility of larger screens.

In fact, the Android SDK allows you to develop applications for any size screen you wish at and density or quality.

But the vast majority of applications released are from inexperienced developers and just don't have the same level of quality you would get from more professional developers, who I would hope in fact design their application in such a way that changing screen size would not have a large impact on any applications they create. But this means that quality of apps for larger screens falls to the developer, not Google.

In fact I think they are creating the current trends. Android phones outsold iPhones in the US this Q1. Google Gears laid the foundation for HTML5, Chrome is constantly pushing what browsers are capable of achieving. Android is now helping with the first successful competitive tablet release, after now being becoming possibly the most popular smart phone OS.

Is this comment to long to be accepted?

Re: WikiGolf Graph Traversal Game

Chris Salij — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:18:18 -0000

Hi Robin. I've put the source code :)
http://chris.salij.org/522/wik...

Re: My Setup: Hardware & OS

David — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:03:59 -0000

*fap* I love that computer, the macbook.

My last one exploded. Darned batteries.

Re: My Setup: Hardware & OS

Sarah — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:24:17 -0000

Snow Leopard is my favourite too!

Re: WikiGolf Graph Traversal Game

robin87 — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:27:56 -0000

cool im still excited to see it so let me know when its up thanks babe xx

Re: WikiGolf Graph Traversal Game

Chris Salij — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:30:38 -0000

Hi Robin,

Once the project is submitted and my module is completed I'll post up the source code for all to see...

That should be in about 4 weeks or so. So you can have a look at the code then, and play our final game. I'll be posting a new blog post then, so stay tuned :)

Re: WikiGolf Graph Traversal Game

robin87 — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:45:29 -0000

hey Salij,
i love your blog i find it really interesting, im a canadian student in ottawa university and im doing a small bit of computer science id really love to have a look at some of your source code as the as your wikigolf game sounds really interesting only if you dont mind of course :) keep up the good work

Robin
xx

Re: Results!

Pappa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:01 -0000

Succes toegewenst in het nieuwe college jaar !
Doe wat je kan en laat het daarbij.

Re: Results!

Pappa — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:57:57 -0000

Je bent een ster jongen !

Zo'n resultaat in die omstandigheden is fantastisch : ik ben heel trots op je.

Re: I am

tweakmaster — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:06:54 -0000

you made the right choices