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Diablo II Patch for Mac OS X Released

Posted by pudge on from the now-if-i-could-just-have-usb-printer-sharing dept.

soquelraj writes "Blizzard has released the long awaited patch they promised three months ago at MacWorld SF 2002 to allow Diablo II and Diablo II LoD to run native on Mac OS X. This was the last reason I was booting into Mac OS 9 for any reason (I could never stand not having direct access to my video hardware running the game via Classic). The performance (at least on the first quick spin I took tonight after downloading) under OpenGL looks to be much smoother than anything previous -- but regardless, this makes my Mac OS X experience complete."

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  1. MacOS Cannot Be Secure by PhysicsGenius · · Score: -1, Troll
    I like MacOS. Pretty colors, funny sounds and perky design brightens up my day and is well worth the extra cost. However, I simply can't recommend its use due to fundamental security issues.

    Let's take a purely mathematical approach. Entropy S = k ln W where W is the mulitplicity of the configuration: W = N!/nl!nr!. Now, if we let N be the number of MacOS machines in existence with nl = number that have been cracked and nr the number that haven't been (yet!), we can plug in some numbers and find that the likelihood of break-in is roughly 87.3%.

    YMMV, obviously, but even in the case of simple home usage I don't like to risk my data to such an insecure OS. That's why I stick to Windows95 which, despite what some MS-bashers like to say, hasn't had a single break-in attributable to design error ever.

  2. In my defense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I wrote these as templates for common Slashdot stories. So you'll see originality from me when you see originality from them.

    That said, I suppose I could write more than one template for the case where we get two MacOS (or whatever) stories back to back like this.

  3. Yes, that's right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You got a little crazy there at the end, but you started off right on the money. MacOS, being a kludged together piece of homo-plagarism is unoriginal itself. By definition, then, any story about it is the same.

  4. This is News? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    One vendor releases a patch, and it's news? You going to start carrying news about patches for all the other OS X games?

  5. Macintosh homos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why are all Macintosh users homosexual? Interesting question, not one of them is smart enough to install Linux on an intel box, much less a gay PPC gumdrop.

  6. diablo2... *shudder* by mshurpik · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...but regardless, this makes my Mac OS X experience complete.

    Wow, Diablo II on a Mac. You are a tool.

    Let me summarize your life for you:

    1. Pound big, fat mouse button.
    2. Wait for super armor/tower shield/perfect diamond.
    3. Pound button some more.

    Most people use all ten of their fingers. Congratulations, you've learned how to use one. Upgrade to Windows, maybe you can exercise a second one. But first make sure to get that tower shield.