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Re:Thats all great but... by cgenman · 2006-03-18 04:50 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Self Contained Water Cooled Radeon X1900, Retail

Overclock all you want and you are still playing the same game as everyone else.

Rendering power is overrated when talking about game graphics. If you look at World of Warcraft, the game looks incredible. But it looks incredible on lower-end systems too... the art direction is just spot on across the board. Half-Life 2 uses some neat graphical tricks, but in general the game looks amazing because the artists had a clear vision of what they were creating and ensured that every pixel that went on the screen supports that. Look at the detail in the tree leaves... they're not super high-poly, they're just beautiful.

If your graphics card is good enough to run all of today's games, your graphics card is good enough. There really is no reason to spend 300 dollars every two years when spending 80 every two would be sufficient. If you want better looking games, look to lead artists, not to GPU engineers.

Re:iCab is better by jgclark123 · 2006-03-12 15:06 · Score: 1 · on Opera 9.0 Fully Passes ACID2 Test

I, too, don't like it when my computer hides things from me. "Hide inactive icons"? Those are the most deadly icons!

Anyway, here's that screenshot you wanted to see.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/jgclark123/ Screenshots/IE6FirefoxIETabAcid2Results.png
44.5 KB (45,666 bytes)

(And I know my status bar is full of junk, but I use all of the stuff! Who doesn't need a countdown to graduation and the DHS threat level?)

Lack on vision by Tempest451 · 2006-03-04 06:55 · Score: 1 · on Robotic 'Pack Mule' with Impressive Reflexes

Can no one here see the potential this device brings? Look 20 years past this loud wobbly "Mule" to this http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b14/Anti-Proton/ Cougar_revised.jpg

Re:Guns don't kill people...when they don't exist! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-28 06:19 · Score: 0 · on MySpace Fears, Just Another Backlash?

... yeh, sure ... same arguments, all the time. That's why the criminality in the States is beyond any civilized place in the world ... 'cause guns don't kill people!

All these things are to be self-controlled - I would agree - but this would require decency, a level of intelligence beyond the average redneck anti-Iraq warrior, and a culture of more than a few years behind. If not - you get pictures like this linked all over photobucket, myspace, etc., and get the kids formed just right to go to war with the whole world, straight out of grade school ...

Re:WOW! That's a lot of SPAM! by Short+Circuit · 2006-02-28 06:15 · Score: 1 · on Spam King Busted by Secret Service

Well, I don't take those "normal precautions" I always took before I had a spam filter.

I don't obfuscate my email address anywhere. Not on Slashdot, not on Usenet, not on web pages.
I don't create fake emails for miscellaneous "free" services. I just provide my GMail address.

That's all it takes, I guess. In the last 12 hours, I received 32 spam emails.

Here's a screenshot. Between my original post and this one, my spam count dropped by two. (Irony of ironies, the RSS entry at the top of the screen links to a recipe of Ginger Spam Salad. So all you're missing are the ingredients.)

Re:first post by TubeSteak · 2006-02-24 04:44 · Score: 1 · on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download

ROFL WAFFLES = ROFFLE
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/MoEntertain ment/09_1_b.jpg

They got sold on eBay a while back.
I'm sure someone is very proud of their purchase.

Re:Child's Play by cgenman · 2006-02-23 21:14 · Score: 1 · on SOE CEO Responds To CBS Critiques

To be fair to Sony...

Everquest 2
World of Warcraft
Everquest 2
Lineage 2
Everquest 2
A Tale in the Desert
Another Lineage 2, just because I like the art style.
Everquest 2
Asheron's Call 2
Everquest 2
Everquest 2
Final Fantasy XI Online
Everquest 2
Ragnarok Online

These are hand-picked images from a quick google images search. Hopefully that balances both ways. I'll let you all be the judge of the aesthetic quality of EQ2.

You'll also note that the imagery has gotten much more stylized as the series has progressed into the desert of flames expansion. I suspect this has been a touchy subject within Sony, which is why they had the strong reaction they did to the criticism.

New Game Journalism at its best.. by Destoo · 2006-02-21 14:26 · Score: 1 · on The 2006 Taipei Game Show

I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese. Sony and Microsoft tried to make a showing. That didn't work. Local companies, Chinese companies, Korean companies, and this guy all stole their thunder.

Why?

And he got kicked out, and just walked back in. Funny stuff.

Sexbot wins by Bemmu · 2006-02-12 04:11 · Score: 4, Funny · on A Real Transformer?

This is nothing compared to free robot sex from sexbot 2.0.

sfd by roman_mir · 2006-02-09 05:01 · Score: 0, Flamebait · on Danish, Western Websites Under Attack

Religion is the most useful mechanism for dividing people into groups and using this division for whatever political reasons, for example to justify wars.

My own cartoon depicting Muhammed as an Evil Genie, who came out of the Jag of Ignorance and is lighting up a bomb, that is the entire planet, with a match, that came out of a matchbox with the Iranian flag drawn on it. Sorry for the quality of the drawing, it was done in quite a short period of time with a touchpad.

My own cartoon depicting Auschwitz concentration camp, where my grandfather spent 2 years of his life (and survived,) and a lineup of people to be burnt in the crematorium while still alive, and a Nazi, who stops the next in line (who is supposedely my grandfather) and says: Sorry folks, vee ar klozed for zee day, vee ar aut of zee wooden for burning.

I also have made a couple of drawings on the Muhammed theme, that could be interpreted more insulting, with Muhammed screwing a goat and a goat screwing Muhammed, but I don't think you would be interested.

sfd by roman_mir · 2006-02-09 05:01 · Score: 0, Flamebait · on Danish, Western Websites Under Attack

Religion is the most useful mechanism for dividing people into groups and using this division for whatever political reasons, for example to justify wars.

My own cartoon depicting Muhammed as an Evil Genie, who came out of the Jag of Ignorance and is lighting up a bomb, that is the entire planet, with a match, that came out of a matchbox with the Iranian flag drawn on it. Sorry for the quality of the drawing, it was done in quite a short period of time with a touchpad.

My own cartoon depicting Auschwitz concentration camp, where my grandfather spent 2 years of his life (and survived,) and a lineup of people to be burnt in the crematorium while still alive, and a Nazi, who stops the next in line (who is supposedely my grandfather) and says: Sorry folks, vee ar klozed for zee day, vee ar aut of zee wooden for burning.

I also have made a couple of drawings on the Muhammed theme, that could be interpreted more insulting, with Muhammed screwing a goat and a goat screwing Muhammed, but I don't think you would be interested.

Re:Opera - kind of a sad story in a way? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-07 15:43 · Score: 0 · on A History of Firefox

I don't know. The preferences seemed pretty easy and I'm pretty happy with my somewhat minimal toolbar setup in Opera. You can see a screenshot here.

Re:When is enough, enough? by c0rnn · 2006-01-27 10:09 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Source Code Still Not Enough for EU?

Funny... I wonder what you would say if the US government would demand MS to hand out their source. Check this out though, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/c0rnn/moron .jpg Yeah, go USA!

I don't know why by c0rnn · 2006-01-25 05:21 · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Agrees to License Windows Source Code

but I had to post this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/c0rnn/moron .jpg

More pics! by agoodm · 2006-01-23 02:38 · Score: 3, Interesting · on World of Warcraft AQ Gates Open!

More pics: http://photobucket.com/albums/f324/Heldarcina/

Re:If they weren't farmers, they'd be on their own by Gwwfps · 2006-01-17 13:14 · Score: 1 · on Bad Press For Gold Farmers Affects Chinese Players

The motivation to group with English-speaking players should be enough evidence that one is not a gold farmer. They are called GOLD farmers for a reason. They sell gold, and the most effective way to get gold is by farming solo, especially when compared to a P.U.G. In a group, people's objectives usually are to get quests done, or to do instance runs for items. Compared to the gold farmers' usual killing mob's non-stop in Tyr's Hand, being in a group would be a complete waste of time for them. And on the point of it costing less and better speed and native language, you only got 1/3 right. Sure, it's somewhat cheaper (if you don't play too much every month since you pay by minute in Chinese WoW), but better speed? You have no idea what kind of lag you'll get at peak hour on a server with medium-level population (Chinese medium, not North American medium). At least two people I know has come to play on North American servers because of this lag. And you say native language like it's a good thing. I personally consider that they did a pretty good job translating WoW into Chinese, since it's a lot better than most MMO's which look like they're translated in less than two weeks by a single person suffering from multiple personality disorder paid by minimum wage with only third-grade English education. However, there are still a lot of really annoying errors/quirks. For example, "Private's Tarbard" is translated as "Pirate's Tarbard". Admittedly, I'm probably a little too picky, but I most definitely won't be the only one to choose playing on an English-speaking server just so I can get the original experience. P.S. Just to give you an idea of what kind of population you are looking at on a Chinese server, here's a screenshot. (Taken on a medium-sized server called Anvilmarr when they were doing the Anachronos memory event)

Too many remotes - you only need 1 by ElectroBot · 2006-01-12 16:33 · Score: 1 · on The Year of the HTPC

The Ultimate Remote

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/s3th/woman_re mote.jpg

WARNING - Not work safe - Also a "bit" sexist

Real estate by tepples · 2006-01-12 15:10 · Score: 1 · on CNN On The $500 PS3

The real difference in resolution is noticeable when you have a really large screen area.

And if you don't own a lot of real estate, you don't have any place to put a really large screen area. Remember that real estate is at least an order of magnitude more expensive than electronic toys, especially in Japan. Analysts have conjectured that the Xbox would have sold a lot more units in Japan if it were this big.

If this image is real -- by goodenoughnickname · 2006-01-10 10:43 · Score: 2 · on New Tetris, Guild Wars Announced

If this image is real, then this could end up being very fun. 10 player Tetris? Come on now.

Let's just hope they have a lobby or post-game chat feature, unlike another game of theirs.

IMDB has the wrong picture! by trumpetbruin · 2005-12-18 17:43 · Score: 1 · on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen

That picture was AFTER the member in question was edited out. Here's the original: actual superman pic. (photobucket.com) Movie magic at its finest.

Re:3D not that useful by Bogtha · 2005-12-16 16:59 · Score: 3, Funny · on What Will The Future Desktop Interface Look Like?

Maybe the next step is to take a shot at a female-centric interface. Not that anyone on /. would know where to start, of course :)

This is a good start.

Amazing pictures of 360 launch in Japan by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-13 00:44 · Score: 0 · on Slow Start For the 360 in Japan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/kingkrool31 1/1134288667126.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/kingkrool31 1/1134289908891.jpg

Amazing pictures of 360 launch in Japan by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-13 00:44 · Score: 0 · on Slow Start For the 360 in Japan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/kingkrool31 1/1134288667126.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/kingkrool31 1/1134289908891.jpg

Re:Ok, everyone submit this picture by acercanto · 2005-12-12 16:50 · Score: 1 · on Opera to Put User's Face in Times Square

I got some better ones!
Bill in college

1985 ad for MS

any chance this one would get in?

--Acercanto

Re:Ok, everyone submit this picture by acercanto · 2005-12-12 16:50 · Score: 1 · on Opera to Put User's Face in Times Square

I got some better ones!
Bill in college

1985 ad for MS

any chance this one would get in?

--Acercanto

Re:Ok, everyone submit this picture by acercanto · 2005-12-12 16:50 · Score: 1 · on Opera to Put User's Face in Times Square

I got some better ones!
Bill in college

1985 ad for MS

any chance this one would get in?

--Acercanto

Re:See how wide it is? That's the HDTV working by MadJo · 2005-12-09 00:42 · Score: 1 · on 50% of HDTV Owners Don't Use HD

Have you tried putting a post-it with $SYS$ on it? All problems should disappear. :)

Like so: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/madjo/sony- hdtv.jpg (sorry, crappy 'paint' job)

In other news.... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-08 18:14 · Score: 0 · on Creative To Defend Interface Patent Rights

Creative Labs boss Sim Wong Hoo also states he's been using FlowerPots for a long time and is trying to get the patents of Donald Weder of Highland, Ill. revoked.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/08/00 41208
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/cash68/romen ewspaper1.jpg

Re:It gets worse for the PSP by Thwomp · 2005-12-07 22:39 · Score: 2, Informative · on PSP Still Struggling For Notice

So you look at a 7-day period and claim the sales are better? I'm sure we can find an arbitrary 7-day period where the PSP sold more, too.

It's certainly possible but not likely. More info on Japanese sales.

Re:Not too intelligent by joewkelly · 2005-12-07 06:17 · Score: 1 · on New Worm Chats with Users on AIM

Another Worm is "this could be your twin!! http://photobucket.com/recentups/image31.gif" The link goes to uploadsend.com: http://www4.uploadsend.com/file.php?filepath=1882 And this file is img31.pif I used the "contact us" form to inform uploadsend that they were hosting a worm and haven't gotten word back. But, if uploadsend decides to cut off bandwidth to the worm, it might not spread as far.

Re:gabbo Gabbo GABBO! by Thwomp · 2005-12-07 02:32 · Score: 1 · on Miyamoto Hints At Second Revolution Secret

It's difficult to say which is doing better without up to date sales figures. However it has been shown that the DS has been consistently outperforming the PSP in Japan and generally in the U.K. and France.

I'm not sure about figures in the U.S. but PSP may have a lead. It would be great if we could have total sales figures instead of units shipped from Nintendo and Sony.

More info:

U.K. weekly sales
Japan weekly sales

Re:Sorry... by Rethcir · 2005-11-30 06:22 · Score: 2, Funny · on Next Generation of MP3 Glasses

Maybe this is why Manny is such a bad fielder..

Re:Houston, we have a busted/confirmed myth by yakkowakkodot · 2005-11-29 11:22 · Score: 1 · on Ask The Mythbusters

Myth:
Can a moon landing be faked?
Answer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/kayoteq/far k7/moonieg.jpg

What REALLY happened on thanksgiving... by MikeSty · 2005-11-24 07:17 · Score: 0 · on Behind The Curtain On T-Day

gosu l33t gamer style :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/MikeSty/kth xgiving.jpg

Re:This is why... by aicrules · 2005-11-22 03:32 · Score: 1 · on Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs

Perhaps something like this Human Browser Interface Error?