Daily science stuff

[blacknblue]

Linux. Use Linux.

I can't... I like games and useful applications

I challenge you to name on game or useful application that you cannot run on Linux as well or better than you can run it on Vista.

Name one. Just one. I will try to prove you wrong. Almost all games can be run on Linux using Wine or Cedega, and you won't notice any difference in performance. And many, many, many application have a native Linux version now. The few that do not are also able to run on Wine.

Name one. Just one.

[Entilzha]

Super Atoms http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701092153.htm. (there went my brain). Now that adds a new dimension.
Archaeologists Find Silos And Administration Center From Early Egyptian City http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701121838.htm. Have to make my way there one day.
What Hit Siberia 100 Years Ago? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701105330.htm. What do you think an asteroid, a comet or UFOs?
Physicists Create Millimeter-sized 'Bohr Atom' http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630173921.htm. Millimeter sized atoms they say .
Post-exercise Caffeine Helps Muscles Refuel http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701083456.htm. Elessar that one should interest you.

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Atomic Tug Of War http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132209.htm.
Secret Of The Sweet-Sounding Stradivarius http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701221447.htm.
First Images Of Solar System's Invisible Frontier http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132256.htm.
Hubble Sees Stars And A Stripe In Celestial Fireworks http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701194002.htm. The picture is amazing .
Gene Directs Stem Cells To Build The Heart http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702121143.htm.
Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702160950.htm.
Discovering A New Earth 2.5 Trillion Miles Away http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0401-discovering_a_new_earth_25_trillion_miles_away.htm. Humanities next stop?

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Why Stradivarius violins sound so much better than any violins made since. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/secrets-of-stra.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp

[Asso]

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[Entilzha]

Einstein Was Right, Astrophysicists Say http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703140721.htm.
MESSENGER Settles Old Debates And Makes New Discoveries At Mercury http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703150644.htm.
Resveratrol, Found In Red Wine, Wards Off Effects Of Age On Heart, Bones, Eyes And Muscle http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703120402.htm. Scientist say drink your red wine and eat grapes if you want to live longer .
First Measurements Of The Solar Wind Termination Shock By Voyager 2 Spacecraft http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703113646.htm.
Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132219.htm .
Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Math Glitch http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702132238.htm.
Synthetic Molecules Emulate Enzyme Behavior For The First Time http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702114320.htm.

[Asso]

Hey! You are submerging me!

[Entilzha]

I know what you mean there is so much interesting information out there and so little time to read it. I consider myself a somewhat information addict.

[Asso]

Ah... I understand.
This is better than Trellium, isn't it?

[Entilzha]

Much better and a lot more addictive

[Entilzha]

Music Went With Cave Art In Prehistoric Caves http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080704130439.htm. I wonder what kind of music they made
'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703145849.htm. I've always been interested by the concept and wondered what the brain blocks out and what we actually see.

[Asso]

Music Went With Cave Art In Prehistoric Caves http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080704130439.htm. I wonder what kind of music they made

Me too.

[Entilzha]

Mining For Molecules In The Milky Way http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703153412.htm.
Organic Molecule, Amino Acid-Like, Found In Constellation Sagittarius http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080326161658.htm.
They have even found sugar molecules in space. That just boggles the mind. Space is sweet after all .

[dark_rain]

Linux. Use Linux.

I can't... I like games and useful applications

I challenge you to name on game or useful application that you cannot run on Linux as well or better than you can run it on Vista.

Name one. Just one. I will try to prove you wrong. Almost all games can be run on Linux using Wine or Cedega, and you won't notice any difference in performance. And many, many, many application have a native Linux version now. The few that do not are also able to run on Wine.

Name one. Just one.

Oh yeah, I had completely forgotten that wine had gone into gold release! Whats the verdict, Mr Smith?

[blacknblue]

So far I have been trying out random Windows programs with no particular rhyme or reason. I have not found anything that does not work as well or better on Wine 1.10 than it does on Vista. But I have not tried anything like Office 2008, or the latest Photoshop, or AutoCAD. I just don't own those. I have tried things like a variety of popular games, and several word processors, and several utilities. I have also tried several music and video players.

Thing is, a lot of it is redundant since the programs I am trying out already have a Linux version. Like Open Office. It has versions out for every OS under the sun already. Same for most of the music players, cd burning software, etc. They already have Linux versions out there. The games work fine of course, but they have been working fine on Wine for a long time already.

There is nothing I do that doesn't already have versions in both Windows and Linux. Word processing I do in OpenOffice or AbiWord when I need to output in MS Word format. Otherwise I use something called RoughDraft and output in RTF. RoughDraft works fine in Wine. For graphics and photoediting I use Gimp or one of the other opensource tools out there. But usually Gimp. Available in both Windows and Linux. For CAD work I use Qcad. Available in both Windows and Linux. For music or movies I use wither VLC (both Windows and Linux) or one of the thousand other free programs out there. For cd/dvd burning I use K3B in Linux and any of fifty or sixty different free options in Windows. But K3B in Linux works better than any free program in Windows.

I just don't have any practical use for Windows anymore. Even if I was still doing engineering work, I get the impression that there are more specialized engineering packages available for Linux/Unix than there are for Windows now.