From boaz.gezer at gmail.com Wed Oct 1 21:04:50 2014 From: boaz.gezer at gmail.com (boazg) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:04:50 +0300 Subject: [Haifux] the state of linux gaming Message-ID: a lecture or two ago, when Guy Keren was saying that linux would never ever be a gaming platform i tried to point out he was wrong, and it's actually doing OK, and everyone looked at me like i'm crazy. anyhow, if anyone wants to try, Borderlands 2 Game Of The Year edition (that means all the expansions) is on sale on steam. steam is the game store thingy every one uses these days. It's available for linux. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/32848/ there's a big list of games avaliable for linux, and it includes about 1/3 of the new ones, and 100 games total (remember, these are mostly recent big-name games). Namely, "Portal", which by many is considered the best game ever, so if you want to support the cause, consider buying portal for linux. anyhow, here's the linux game list http://store.steampowered.com/browse/linux/ also, for those who prefer indie games over big-titles, the humble indie bundles are 9 out of 10 times windows-linux-mac compatible. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shlomif at shlomifish.org Thu Oct 2 08:18:27 2014 From: shlomif at shlomifish.org (Shlomi Fish) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:18:27 +0300 Subject: [Haifux] the state of linux gaming In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20141002081827.1d8c987c@telaviv1.shlomifish.org> Hi Boaz, On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 21:04:50 +0300 boazg wrote: > a lecture or two ago, when Guy Keren was saying that linux would never ever > be a gaming platform i tried to point out he was wrong, and it's actually > doing OK, and everyone looked at me like i'm crazy. > Some rules of thumb I tweeted about recently: 1. If someone tells you something is impossible and you can't do it, it probably can be done. 2. If someone tells you something will *surely* never happen, it likely can happen. 3. If someone tells you are an idiot and are definitely wrong, then you probably uncovered an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room and you are right. Also see http://shlomif.wikia.com/wiki/Encourage_criticism_and_try_to_get_offended . =============== In general, people who are sure of themselves are probably wrong, as I am not even sure of the Aristotlean Logic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#Logic ) which got us incredibly far. Regards, Shlomi Fish [SNIPPED] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Interview with Ben Collins-Sussman - http://shlom.in/sussman Dax: yep, space. Nothing but nothing all around. ? http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Star-Trek/We-the-Living-Dead/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . From eli at billauer.co.il Thu Oct 23 10:10:03 2014 From: eli at billauer.co.il (Eli Billauer) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:10:03 +0300 Subject: [Haifux] Haifux is back! (Bitcoin on Monday) Message-ID: <5448A9CB.4080501@billauer.co.il> Hi all, Haifux is resuming its activity, now that the holidays are over. Our next meeting, on this Monday, is about Bitcoin. See http://www.haifux.org/lectures/330/ This is also a call for speakers -- the rain has fallen on Haifa, but our lecture pipe is quite dry. Suggestions to talks are welcome. Regards, Eli -- Web: http://www.billauer.co.il From eli at billauer.co.il Sat Oct 25 18:54:52 2014 From: eli at billauer.co.il (Eli Billauer) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:54:52 +0300 Subject: [Haifux] [HAIFUX LECTURE] Bitcoin -- Daniel Brunstein Message-ID: <544BC7CC.2090901@billauer.co.il> On Monday, October 27th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear a talk by Daniel Brunstein: Bitcoin - What and Why Abstract General Agenda * What is Bitcoin * Wallets (mobile, cloud, cold storage) * Price and Market Capacitance * Worldwide adoption by big corporations and merchants * Regulatory environment * Billion Dollar Markets being disrupted by Bitcoin * Alternative crypto-currencies and Bitcoin 2.0 * VC investment in Bitcoin startups * Bitcoin in Israel * Bitcoin in the Academy Technical Agenda * Public/private keys * Mining * Blockchain * Security, 51% attack ================================================================= We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instructions see: http://www.haifux.org/where.html Attendance is free, and you are all invited! ================================================================== Future lectures: There are no scheduled lectures. ================================================================== We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be interested in, please contact us atwebmaster at haifux.org -- Web:http://www.billauer.co.il