I gather from your post you experienced all of this alone, right?
The joy of an MMO is, believe it or not, playing with other people. If you find a good group of people to hang around with, it can be an absolute blast. I seriously don't care what the game looks like -- I've met so many interesting people from all around the world through MMO's like WoW, and I wouldn't trade that social interaction for all the fancy DX10 LEET HD BLOOM effects in the world.
...I don't think Blizzard has anything to worry about (1.7Mhz P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB Geforce 2 -- 20-30 FPS). WoW plays wonderfully on integrated video -- it's one of the few games that does.
The biggest one, IMHO, is that the open source community has high esteem/respect for developers, but other tasks that go into producing a polished product meant to be used by less technical people aren't valued the same way. I think someday the community will come around and place high values on rigorous testing, UI design, user documentation, etc., and that really will be "the year of Linux on the desktop." Agreed, as long as it's understood that no matter how hard the community works at anything, it's irrelevant if hardware manufacturers keep producing products that are dependent upon Windows' proprietary technologies (remember "Winmodems?") as well as making it extremely hard -- if not frequently impossible -- to get technical information on hardware just so that the community can begin to code drivers.
The community works as hard as it can, but it sometimes seems like companies are almost working actively against Linux compatibility, and if that's the case, no amount of polishing will ever make much of a difference.
Sadly enough, you'd need the Sigourney from about 10 years ago in Alien: Resurrection -- the character was perfect, all emotionless and superstrong -- would have been perfect to play the Major.
Hell, even whats-her-face from Aeon Flux will probably be better than who they're eventually going to cast (whoever it is in the end).
I actually work on a four-person team with not one, but two black women programmers, not to mention that the head DBA for my sector is a black woman who's been programming since the 1970's.
Quite a few black guys that are programmers too -- one.NET guy and a bunch of wizened COBOL guys that I can think of right off hand (it's pretty cool, it's like working with a bunch of Morgan Freeman's that can all code circles around me).
I guess it really all depends on where you live (for me, it's the southern US).
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It's actually only 50 MB (damn small linux, that is). Just wanted to comment because it makes it even more incredible.
...and we'll be happy.
You can turn off that feature in your AVG control panel. (It'll install updates at next restart.)
...if you have to use an IDE that doesn't allow custom text/background colors.
...but what about "A Brief History of Time," by Stephen Hawking?
...and the point is now moot, because a person needing to run WoW on cheap hardware probably wouldn't have a 24'' monitor to begin with.
Framerate is independent of monitor size... :\
Are you talking about resolution? I get this same framerate on a 17-in monitor, with this very same hardware.
I think you solved your own problem. ;)
I know, I know -- that Intel powerstepping is a pain in the ass.
I gather from your post you experienced all of this alone, right?
The joy of an MMO is, believe it or not, playing with other people. If you find a good group of people to hang around with, it can be an absolute blast. I seriously don't care what the game looks like -- I've met so many interesting people from all around the world through MMO's like WoW, and I wouldn't trade that social interaction for all the fancy DX10 LEET HD BLOOM effects in the world.
...I don't think Blizzard has anything to worry about (1.7Mhz P4, 512MB RAM, 32MB Geforce 2 -- 20-30 FPS). WoW plays wonderfully on integrated video -- it's one of the few games that does.
Original goal. At least he's putting Windows on them, just like they started doing to XO's recently. :(
While I may not agree with your decision to watch American Gladiator, I'll defend your right to watch it.
"Rather depressing?" Hell, I didn't know whether to weep or say "I told you so" at the ending.
And a failsafe "second" password that brings up non-suspicious information. Just saying.
...it begins.
(Cue "DUHN DUHN DUHNNNN" music.)
The community works as hard as it can, but it sometimes seems like companies are almost working actively against Linux compatibility, and if that's the case, no amount of polishing will ever make much of a difference.
Oh, I know, and you know, but I was correcting the Parent Poster's position that Windows was working better for some sort of magical reason.
You do know that Microsoft's personal deals with nearly every hardware manufacturer out there has a LOT to do with Windows' general "lack of fuss."
Sadly enough, you'd need the Sigourney from about 10 years ago in Alien: Resurrection -- the character was perfect, all emotionless and superstrong -- would have been perfect to play the Major.
Hell, even whats-her-face from Aeon Flux will probably be better than who they're eventually going to cast (whoever it is in the end).
Hey, come on -- the Aeon Flux movie wasn't that bad.
Want an example of an absolutely horrid adaptation.?
Beowulf. Nothing more needs to be said.
And something more than those A+ certifications, eh?
More importantly -- I see people on /. who still aren't using Firefox (and thus don't benefit from the built-in spell checker).
I actually work on a four-person team with not one, but two black women programmers, not to mention that the head DBA for my sector is a black woman who's been programming since the 1970's.
.NET guy and a bunch of wizened COBOL guys that I can think of right off hand (it's pretty cool, it's like working with a bunch of Morgan Freeman's that can all code circles around me).
Quite a few black guys that are programmers too -- one
I guess it really all depends on where you live (for me, it's the southern US).
Man, I hate it when stupid people are awarded mod points... Flamebait, seriously? Did you not see the "rampant speculation" tags?