I mean, just look at the "update." People who already have OO for Windows have to download a 90+ MB file that INSTALLS ITS OWN INSTALLER, putting a total of 200+ MB on your PC before installation is all said and done. The program is still as ugly and slow as usual. In summary, OpenOffice should rename itself OpenWorks, because it's more like Office's retarded little cousin than the fast, sleek Office.
The fact that the console versions are "static state" has nothing to do with it. Almost ALL "hacks" involve a secondary program/process either using information that is in memory or information that the program is handling/sending/receiving. THAT is why hacking is easier on PC; it's much easier to develop and RUN a hack on PC, whereas doing so on a console is mostly impossible afaik.
I completely agree. There's a new SL article every week or so, and it's always about some inane thing that doesn't affect the majority of people who read/. afaik. It's borderline adspam.
The difference is that the Source engine is open and customization is encouraged. Homebrew, especially in the PSP's case, is hated upon by Sony, as seen by the whole "updates" thing.
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Look at all those games. With some exceptions, many of those are handheld conversions of current gen games, or remakes/anthologies.
Nintendo has an upper hand with first-party titles because, for example, sure Mario Kart DS is just another Mario Kart (with a bunch of the old tracks unlockable) BUT there's not a current-gen equivalent to it. Plus the karts in it and the characters are different from last time, being a mix between 64 and Double Dash.
In summary, PSP has stuff that's too similar to stuff on consoles, while DS has things that are different and/or interesting.
True, but I don't see Sony taking ideas from homebrewers as stealing. That's like saying someone integrating existing graffiti on a wall into a mural of some sort "stole" the graffiti.
Homebrewers are crafty, dedicated folk, but they're voiding warranties left and right, so they deserve (and get) no sympathies from me if things go wrong. It's the risk you run.
consider the fact that you guys will look like total boners if you offer classes in a video game. I would also ask them to consider the risk of the classroom being attacked BY flying boners.
I'm curious to see what the user data would yield in terms of people's innate mental differences. For example, let's take a simple two dimensional movement program using this technology. One person would control it by concentrating with his eyes, while someone else would do it by concentrating on the word, while others may have other ways of doing it.
The fact that this is both recorded by a computer and able to be verbalized by the user makes for interesting stuff, no?
How then, AC, do you explain the good number of people who have been obese all their lives living well into their 80s and 90s?
Also, how do you explain the fact that those who are extremely obese (The kind that appear on Springer and Maury, we're talking immobile 800+ pound people) always die WHEN they try to lose weight drastically? And then you've got 14 year olds who aren't even over 160 lbs getting gastric bypass surgery, and people dieting (fails most of the time), putting MORE weight back on as a result, and doing MORE harm to their bodies than if they never "dieted" at all.
This whole Obesity "Epidemic" makes me sick. Even the name is misleading. Epidemic is meant for things that are contagious. You can't "catch" being fat. Though the world, dumbasses that they are, sure treat even the chubbiest of people like they've got the damn plague.
It's entirely possible to be fat and healthy. As long as you exercise and eat right, it doesn't matter too much how much you weigh to a certain point. I know people in excess of 300 pounds who are way healthier than I am at 130 pounds.
Also, why do the British pluralize "math," yet singularize "sports?"
The -ize's in the previous sentence are intentional and inflammatory, by the way.
"Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws.'"
And yet no one has been able to sue eBaumsworld yet why?
Since when did making a "game" using RPG Maker 2000 allow you to be famous? If anything, the game shouldn't have become popular because that program is so terrible, as are the games it is capable of making.
This is as much of a game as those old terrible AOL Userpages (made using a drag-n-drop interface circa 1997) were web sites.
If Dell goes through with this, there's one thing they should do: Make the default blank document (as in File->New) EXACTLY like MS Word's. It bugs the hell out of me that OO uses wonky non-standard margins by default.
MMORPGs have followed pretty much the same general gameplay ideas since their inception in the late 90's, as liad down by Ultima Online and EQ. These games in turn took their gameplay concepts from existing RPGs of the day. The entire MMO market is made up entirely of games that follow this exact pattern only with different skins.
One notable exception is EvE. Players actually have MEANING within that game's world.
Any MMORPG that comes out using the same old formula as usual, like Lineage II for example, will only be played by hardcore fans of MMOs, or hardcore fans of that particular IP. Other than that, not a whole lot of long-term success.
Please, EA. Stop with the (mostly) shitty game soundtracks, the real-time video backgrounds on menus which cause massive load times, and your generally long load times in general.
I don't want to hear anymore goddamn Yellowcard or Fallout Boy, I don't want to wait 30 seconds to retry a race (after about 30 seconds in because I wreck) in Burnout Revenge, and I don't want to have to wait over A WHOLE MINUTE between races in Revenge's Multiplayer.
However, SSX is exempt from the soundtrack rant because of the game's general funk, and the fact that loading times in that game are long, but don't happen nearly as often.
That fact that we are free hurts us because we apparently don't want anything to do with anything that isn't free, hindering our progress.
The fact that we come in many flavours means that stupid bickering happens.
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I mean, just look at the "update." People who already have OO for Windows have to download a 90+ MB file that INSTALLS ITS OWN INSTALLER, putting a total of 200+ MB on your PC before installation is all said and done. The program is still as ugly and slow as usual. In summary, OpenOffice should rename itself OpenWorks, because it's more like Office's retarded little cousin than the fast, sleek Office.
The fact that the console versions are "static state" has nothing to do with it. Almost ALL "hacks" involve a secondary program/process either using information that is in memory or information that the program is handling/sending/receiving. THAT is why hacking is easier on PC; it's much easier to develop and RUN a hack on PC, whereas doing so on a console is mostly impossible afaik.
I completely agree. There's a new SL article every week or so, and it's always about some inane thing that doesn't affect the majority of people who read /. afaik. It's borderline adspam.
The difference is that the Source engine is open and customization is encouraged. Homebrew, especially in the PSP's case, is hated upon by Sony, as seen by the whole "updates" thing.
Can you power a Linux-running machine with it?
Look at all those games. With some exceptions, many of those are handheld conversions of current gen games, or remakes/anthologies. Nintendo has an upper hand with first-party titles because, for example, sure Mario Kart DS is just another Mario Kart (with a bunch of the old tracks unlockable) BUT there's not a current-gen equivalent to it. Plus the karts in it and the characters are different from last time, being a mix between 64 and Double Dash. In summary, PSP has stuff that's too similar to stuff on consoles, while DS has things that are different and/or interesting.
True, but I don't see Sony taking ideas from homebrewers as stealing. That's like saying someone integrating existing graffiti on a wall into a mural of some sort "stole" the graffiti. Homebrewers are crafty, dedicated folk, but they're voiding warranties left and right, so they deserve (and get) no sympathies from me if things go wrong. It's the risk you run.
If IT guys are the pen & paper RPG guys, what profession are those LARPers (Live Action Role-Players) belong to?
I'm curious to see what the user data would yield in terms of people's innate mental differences. For example, let's take a simple two dimensional movement program using this technology. One person would control it by concentrating with his eyes, while someone else would do it by concentrating on the word, while others may have other ways of doing it. The fact that this is both recorded by a computer and able to be verbalized by the user makes for interesting stuff, no?
How then, AC, do you explain the good number of people who have been obese all their lives living well into their 80s and 90s? Also, how do you explain the fact that those who are extremely obese (The kind that appear on Springer and Maury, we're talking immobile 800+ pound people) always die WHEN they try to lose weight drastically? And then you've got 14 year olds who aren't even over 160 lbs getting gastric bypass surgery, and people dieting (fails most of the time), putting MORE weight back on as a result, and doing MORE harm to their bodies than if they never "dieted" at all. This whole Obesity "Epidemic" makes me sick. Even the name is misleading. Epidemic is meant for things that are contagious. You can't "catch" being fat. Though the world, dumbasses that they are, sure treat even the chubbiest of people like they've got the damn plague.
It's entirely possible to be fat and healthy. As long as you exercise and eat right, it doesn't matter too much how much you weigh to a certain point. I know people in excess of 300 pounds who are way healthier than I am at 130 pounds. Also, why do the British pluralize "math," yet singularize "sports?" The -ize's in the previous sentence are intentional and inflammatory, by the way.
I think you are mistaken. I have sent messages to my friends' Wiis since launch.
Since when did making a "game" using RPG Maker 2000 allow you to be famous? If anything, the game shouldn't have become popular because that program is so terrible, as are the games it is capable of making. This is as much of a game as those old terrible AOL Userpages (made using a drag-n-drop interface circa 1997) were web sites.
If Dell goes through with this, there's one thing they should do: Make the default blank document (as in File->New) EXACTLY like MS Word's. It bugs the hell out of me that OO uses wonky non-standard margins by default.
Finally, something we can be happy about getting outsourced...sorta.
If this law is passed, we must all protest. By putting on our robes and wizard hats.
Just what we need...another dimension to lose things in.
Okay, let's start by adding Kung Fu to the list of "tasks best undertaken by humans."
After all, motion-sensing is only a gimmick.
MMORPGs have followed pretty much the same general gameplay ideas since their inception in the late 90's, as liad down by Ultima Online and EQ. These games in turn took their gameplay concepts from existing RPGs of the day. The entire MMO market is made up entirely of games that follow this exact pattern only with different skins. One notable exception is EvE. Players actually have MEANING within that game's world. Any MMORPG that comes out using the same old formula as usual, like Lineage II for example, will only be played by hardcore fans of MMOs, or hardcore fans of that particular IP. Other than that, not a whole lot of long-term success.
Please, EA. Stop with the (mostly) shitty game soundtracks, the real-time video backgrounds on menus which cause massive load times, and your generally long load times in general. I don't want to hear anymore goddamn Yellowcard or Fallout Boy, I don't want to wait 30 seconds to retry a race (after about 30 seconds in because I wreck) in Burnout Revenge, and I don't want to have to wait over A WHOLE MINUTE between races in Revenge's Multiplayer. However, SSX is exempt from the soundtrack rant because of the game's general funk, and the fact that loading times in that game are long, but don't happen nearly as often.
Europe doesn't mind incomplete backwards compatibility. In fact, Europe doesn't mind ____________.
That fact that we are free hurts us because we apparently don't want anything to do with anything that isn't free, hindering our progress. The fact that we come in many flavours means that stupid bickering happens. Etc.