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This theory kind of fell apart with Vista, I have no idea what that steaming pile is in response to.

They probably saw Windows RG as a threat that needed to be outdone.

too funny. Google censoring porn? Google is the gateway to internet porno.

Well, Internet is for Porn isn't it?

Lemme guess, this is the reason, right?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

llamallamaduck, surely...

Wrong.

Things that are filmed have natural motion blur built in. The frame of film (or CCD or whatever for digital cameras) is exposed for some duration of time. During this time, you get a slight motion blur on the frame. Games and such have frames that are calculated for one instant (quantum) in time, and have no such blurring (without the use of additional filters).

(I wont' even get into frame blanking, projection, viewing environment, etc.)

And if you're simply watching a movie, you don't have to do anything or react in any meaningful way. Games are much different in this regard.

Your eye can "run at" extremely high "frame rates". The human visual system is based heavily on contrast and pattern recognition. You're able to see things of extremely short duration - such as a light bulb burning out, or a strike of lightning, or the motion of the second hand on your watch. The perceived speed of your vision is very content-dependent. It is also dependent on how alert/excited you are.

You can easily see tearing in most games at refresh rates of 60Hz and lower. If you watch something like a seizure-inducing rgb flashing video, you can easily see the tearing even at 120 Hz (assuming you don't actually get a seizure).
Try this out on a good CRT at varying refresh rates http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/rgb .

Basically, you're wrong and that's an old myth that's been outed many many times. There is no set speed of your eyes. Of course upper bounds exist, and 120 Hz over 90 Hz is kind of pointless for games since reaction times for you WASDing all over that keyboard become the bottle neck.

Maybe the engineer might be a little leary of learning the truth about Apple

Will they protect us from the terrible secret of space?

Love that one.

the text reference:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja

Well too bad for you, you should be prepared!

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/nader

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end You mean this one? Those Chinese suns a bitches are going down. F(iretru)cking Kangaroos....

In many of my social circles, the word "cyber" is instantly associated with "I put on my robe and wizard hat."

Oh well, I guess I'll burn some karma for this topic.

How about the high-profile Hollywood screenwriter strike?

High profile? Are you kidding? Paris Hilton, Brittney Spears, and Lindsy Lohan got more press coverage for drunk driving in one day than this entire strike has garnered this entire time. In fact, the last I heard in the news was how the Screenwriters are screaming conspiracy because they're NOT getting the air-time they want!

And it's not "la French", it's "LES French".

You're right, but I think he was going for "la France" as that's the popular phrase, but this isn't French class. Would it be too ironic to call you a French grammar Nazi?

I can't avoid feeling antipathy for the French

Why?The France are generally great people (as much as I love to give them the hardest time about their poor government programs, shitty service at banks and government offices, or their military victories). Speaking as an American who's engaged to and has been dating a French woman for over 4-years. By no means am I an expert, but I've a fair share of French Culture, sometimes the hard way.

but I must concede to them

That would be a first. You'd definitely take them by surprise. ;P

it takes balls to stand up for their rights the way they do.

See, now I know that you don't understand the French. It doesn't take balls. It doesn't take much at all. Striking in France is practically a hobby. They... Do... It... All... The... Time... Seriously, I cannot remember a time I was in France that didn't have strikes (or riots). I only laugh when CNN or some other outlet covers it as some sort of "end of France" like story.

Sadly, there's a group of people (usually college students) that don't even know half the facts about what they're striking about. All they want to do is participate in a strike. Strikes also go far beyond "right". Just ask all the students and professors that where forcibly turned away from their classes (during important exams no less) by other students that were protesting. "My 'Rights' trump yours" is a more realistic motto for for some.

France is also as media driven as the U.S. All it takes is one news broadcast or paper to say "train works will have to work more for less" to send all government workers on Strike without understanding the situation. Simply put, protest is part of the French culture. Just ask Marie Antoinette, who took away their baguettes and she lost her head. =P

It's hard to be on strike and lose many days of pay.

Tell that to the endless number of people who are not striking and cannot make it to their jobs against their will because they rely on public transportation. How about the harm to their countries economy? For what? The reasons for these strikes are just asinine. They're not trying to abolish the train system, striking to show what it would be like to not have trains isn't going to make a point. They're not trying to layoff the train work force. Striking to show how less workers would mean less trains and poorer service is not going to make a point.

In fact, that extra 6 billion euros a year they will get for moving the retirement age back to 55, instead of 50, could be spent to INCREASE the number of jobs available. Something that France still needs badly. But this small group of French activists don't see it like that. It's "more work, less pay" and that's how the media totes it. Good thing the majority of France isn't that stupid and support president Sarko's reforms despite the hardships the monopolist unions are trying to strangle the French citizens with by forcing them into submission and making their lives hell.

The real story about the recent train strikes isn't the train strikers but the average French commuter who continues to go to work in defiance to the strikes. That speaks louder than the *yawn* Paris marches.

Cheers,
Fozzy

Here is a more detailed view of the success of the French military over the years.
Personally I don't think it goes back far enough (see Julius Caesar).

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

Also - I am not sure what you mean by North Africa - the only US involvements I am aware of there were successful. Korea was certainly not a US defeat either. About the only two wars the US was involved in that were not successful were the war of 1812 (which you missed) and Vietnam.

And when he succeeds he will undoubtedly shout "Yatta!"

My personal favorite was when I searched for "French Military Victories" using the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button...

I am a troll, so I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about.

But trust me.... You don't.

I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you don't know what you are talking about.

This is how bad info gets passed around.

If you don't know about the topic, don't make yourself sound like you do.

Cuz some Slashdotters believe anything they hear.

http://games.sticky.tv/cyrkam_airtos/ http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz Rock on !!

Fly the Copter is a classic. I love this game check it out http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/copter

This is just one of many links search google for "fly the copter" for more.

Great site with daily game reviews
http://www.jayisgames.com/

Warbears
http://www.warbears.com/

Bloxorz
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz

Eyezmaze
http://www.eyezmaze.com/

Hapland
http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/hapland/

There are still lots of interesting small games being produced, but it's the kind that get spread by hearsay (or reddit et al), like Downhill Pakoon (downhill racing, open source, Windows only), Scorched 3D (tanks, open source), the Yeti games (precision, Flash), Crazy Cube (puzzle, Flash), and Bloxorz (puzzle, Flash).

... following the path predicted by many, and nicely depicted in this short flash movie called "Epic 2015". We're indeed seeing the death of news as we know it. How does it feel to become a tiny part of the global consciousness?

I think that's already been done...

I was just using one of those yesterday...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg

From http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

American Revolution
- In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."

Bananaphone. There. Weird Al should be gone.

Well, it has to be posted by someone, so why not by me?

Geek Sex Anthem.

The Flash games are basically those available via web pages. If it can be displayed in a web page, then it can be displayed by Opera on the Wii. For example, the following will work anywhere Flash does.

  - http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/wii/
  - http://www.wiiplayable.com/

I have no idea how much it costs to develop flash content on Windows/Linux/MacOS X, etc, but it isn't anything Nintendo specific.

Sure there is... how about we start with the guy whom made this monstrosity? http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/internet4por n

Besides, speaking as a decendent of soldiers in the Revolutionary War, when we've racked up a millennium of military history I'm sure that we'll have a couple of losses there, too.

Love the Google "I feel lucky" joke. Just a note, I like France. I'm not a "Fan" per say, but I like the people... or I might be in trouble with my Fiancee.

We get closer to EPIC everyday.

"I don't have the references, but as recently as a few years ago there was a patent issued (and a start-up company associated with it), that re-formatted text as single words presented to the user full-screen."

Another "just because it's on a computer it gets a patent" idiocy. The idea is at least 35 years old according to personal direct experience.

Anyway, a sort-of flash example. Not for scientific purposes. Might be safe for work or not. It's just text and jazz:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/samsung.php

--
BMO

Yes.

We're here to protect you

Lumpy, here is a link that will explain everything you need to understand about Mac addresses and fingerprints.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare.php

It allready is online, as is Windows... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg.php

Singing: "The internet is for porn.. The internet is for porn.. The internet is for porn"..

Everybody now...
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/internet4por n

In communist Middle Earth... http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters.php

"F**king kangaroos..."

(laugh, it's funny)

-MJ

And the internets was all like "double-you tee eff, mate?"

So it might be better than My Yahoo. But is it better than My Yahee?

Come to Norway. It's better than Kenya.

I think the separation between Mac and PC you are ranting about has a history beyond /.

He said they only appeal to Windows market: there are Linux boxes (especially with non-profit groups who recycle older PCs and give them to families who can afford all the bells and whistles of a new machine. A few other outsiders and people using Mac OS who have G5 G4 laptops and PCs surfing the net too.

Is this company going to suffer greatly because of it? Maybe not. But it would have made more sense to talk about then what you mentioned. Maybe this neat little flash will help:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting.php

Cheers!

[J]

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/audio/bunnies