2) xp loss on death. You break it you buy it. I don't agree with your assertion that WoW's levelling isn't meaningful, but I REALLY disagree with the quoted statement. XP loss upon death is the single most frustrating mechanic I've ever had to deal with in an MMO, and I'm insanely thankful that Blizzard abolished it. In my opinion, no game should ever use this awful mechanic again. Players should be punished to an extent for making mistakes and being careless, but should NEVER, EVER go backwards in progress.
I don't have that problem at all, at those ranges. Both my 70s (Alliance) went Elwynn-Westfall-Redridge-Duskwood-STV-Tanaris-Un'Goro-WPL/EPL, and then to Outland. I finished one zone up before going to the next, and never had any real problems having to grind until the 50s (occasionally, I'd have to finish up a level, but that was it, nothing real extreme). Now, the 50s, those were hell. I hate WPL and EPL with a passion. The quests are hard, the zones are dreary, there's nothing in general I like about them. If I never see those damn zones again, I'll be very grateful.
You can very easily gloss over that line if you're a person who skims, rather than reads carefully. I didn't see it, and I read the article in its entirety.
I'm almost 100% sure that only the Elite and the Halo 3 edition have HDMI ports.
Also, I don't think that the PS3 is really ridiculously overpriced any more than the 360 is. If you buy the Halo 3 edition, that's $350, if you buy the Elite, that's $400. All the consoles except the Wii are overpriced, imo (and I own all 3, no fanboy here).
Plain wrong! The end result is NOT the same AT ALL!
It seems the initial message has been lost in translation, and lots of apologists say: "it's not a big deal".
The end result is that the main XBox 360 game, the one that the console is most know for, HALO 3, IS NOT A HD GAME! Yes, that qualifies as not a big deal. Who the hell cares? I don't give a damn that the game runs in one resolution or another, I don't give a damn if Microsoft's marketing department lied to us, I don't give a damn about the game's resolution at all. I bought it, I played it, I had a hell of a lot of fun, and the graphics, despite the fact that they are apparently lower-res than they should be, looked pretty. THAT'S all that matters. Nothing more. Bitching about the resolution as much as people are is nothing more than quibbling over minor details.
Hey now, you left out an option! What about the people who didn't expect Halo 3 to cure cancer and solve world hunger, but think it's arguably the best FPS (note: not game, just in the genre) of all time?;)
Except, as I already pointed out, saying you need a dual-core processor is complete BS. Otherwise you're correct, however, I would argue that if one buys a computer with Vista on it, it's the manufacturer's responsibility to make sure their damn machine can run the OS they install sufficiently well. If you build your own, then it's your responsibility to know what you're getting into (although the people you describe in your post wouldn't dream of building their own). If you're upgrading from XP to Vista, you're not making a smart move no matter what the performance is... why pay the $100 for Vista, when you already have a valid XP license? That's the only case in which I have some sympathy for the end-user, since there really isn't such a thing as a demo of Windows you can install to see how your hardware runs it.
In the end, though, if your computer won't run Vista adequately, it's either your fault, the manufacturer's fault, or you're kinda stupid for blowing money on a not-all-that-useful OS upgrade. I find it hard to fault Microsoft no matter what (although I do wish, now that I've thought about it, that Microsoft would offer demo versions of Windows).
Seconded. Vista is a solid OS, it just isn't enough of an upgrade from XP to justify the cost. I encourage anyone building a new machine to put Vista on it, however, it really is better than it's cracked up to be.
instead of requiring a dual-core CPU and 2+GB to run tolerably That is absolute bullshit. I can't speak for RAM, since I have 2 GB for gaming purposes, but I was running Vista on a single-core Athlon 3200 with NO problems whatsoever. Everything performed like a charm. A dual-core CPU isn't anything close to required.
It's true. I think that both technical and people skills are equally necessary to be a good member of a team. Lacking either means that the team suffers because of you. I just was saying that technical skills can be taught, whereas people skills are almost impossible to teach to adults.
First, the laws on immigration were put into force a long, long time ago for horribly racist reasons. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be upheld. If the laws are unjust, sure, change them, but don't throw the laws that we have out the window. Law is supposed to mean something.
I can't tell if you think we should just ignore the law, but all too often, that's what the people who cry amnesty think, and I feel that they really need to start going about it the proper way.
And this is different from every other country in the world how? Seriously, you can't possibly expect me to believe that every border between countries, except the ones the US has, were settled by mutual agreement. I'd wager my life's savings that the vast majority of national borders were decided by force, at least at some point in history.
At any rate, the GP has every right to point out what he sees as a problem, and say, "Hey, we might want to do something about this before everyone uses our resources to surpass us!". Disagree if you will, but there's nothing wrong with being concerned for the future welfare of our country.
I disagree. I think it's far easier to teach someone the technical stuff (although they should be expected to know that too), than to teach them how to not be an asshole. How many people with poor people skills have you worked with, who later turned it around? I know my total would be 0, and I suspect many others have had the same experience.
Remember, fun in the 80's involved... video games where you shot alien space ships, jumped over barrels and ate dots. Hey now, those are still fun today.
Or, as someone else said, he'll learn. The fact that civilization may collapse doesn't mean that the average person should waste time prepping survival skills for that event. Hell, the US could institute a draft tomorrow and send me to Iraq, but that doesn't mean I should be learning how to use a rifle on the off-chance it'll happen.
Just because he set himself up for it doesn't mean you have to bite. Be gracious to people, even when they're wrong and you're right (or try to, at least)... it makes the world a better place.
Well, forgive me for not having the correct opinion, but I disagree. And I always will. If apps desire to keep per-user settings, they can just as easily do it themselves, rather than having the choice forced upon them by the OS. Nor do I quite particularly give a damn whether it's the textbook way of doing it, it's the way which is the most convenient for me, so I advocate it.
There isn't a particular excuse for not being compatible with what Microsoft did, since there was plenty of advance warning, but I dislike the decision. And that's my right, thank you very much.
people can no longer write files to Program Files. That's not the issue, so much. Apps can't write to other directories (nor should they be able to), but they can't even write to their own damn directory. That is pure, unmitigated, bullshit. Any app should be able to mess with itself as much as it pleases, just not other apps.
And I say this as a very happy (albeit UAC-free) Vista user.
XP was an excellent OS as of SP1, not SP2. SP2 was a big problem at first, for me at least, it took a few months before it stopped making my games suck. After that, SP2 was fine, though.
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I don't have that problem at all, at those ranges. Both my 70s (Alliance) went Elwynn-Westfall-Redridge-Duskwood-STV-Tanaris-Un'Goro-WPL/EPL, and then to Outland. I finished one zone up before going to the next, and never had any real problems having to grind until the 50s (occasionally, I'd have to finish up a level, but that was it, nothing real extreme). Now, the 50s, those were hell. I hate WPL and EPL with a passion. The quests are hard, the zones are dreary, there's nothing in general I like about them. If I never see those damn zones again, I'll be very grateful.
You can very easily gloss over that line if you're a person who skims, rather than reads carefully. I didn't see it, and I read the article in its entirety.
Also, I don't think that the PS3 is really ridiculously overpriced any more than the 360 is. If you buy the Halo 3 edition, that's $350, if you buy the Elite, that's $400. All the consoles except the Wii are overpriced, imo (and I own all 3, no fanboy here).
Hey now, you left out an option! What about the people who didn't expect Halo 3 to cure cancer and solve world hunger, but think it's arguably the best FPS (note: not game, just in the genre) of all time? ;)
In the end, though, if your computer won't run Vista adequately, it's either your fault, the manufacturer's fault, or you're kinda stupid for blowing money on a not-all-that-useful OS upgrade. I find it hard to fault Microsoft no matter what (although I do wish, now that I've thought about it, that Microsoft would offer demo versions of Windows).
Ah, yes, my actual, first-hand experience is wrong. That's a new one.
Seconded. Vista is a solid OS, it just isn't enough of an upgrade from XP to justify the cost. I encourage anyone building a new machine to put Vista on it, however, it really is better than it's cracked up to be.
It's true. I think that both technical and people skills are equally necessary to be a good member of a team. Lacking either means that the team suffers because of you. I just was saying that technical skills can be taught, whereas people skills are almost impossible to teach to adults.
I can't tell if you think we should just ignore the law, but all too often, that's what the people who cry amnesty think, and I feel that they really need to start going about it the proper way.
At any rate, the GP has every right to point out what he sees as a problem, and say, "Hey, we might want to do something about this before everyone uses our resources to surpass us!". Disagree if you will, but there's nothing wrong with being concerned for the future welfare of our country.
You most certainly can, one of my comp sci profs in college had a master's in CS as his highest degree.
I disagree. I think it's far easier to teach someone the technical stuff (although they should be expected to know that too), than to teach them how to not be an asshole. How many people with poor people skills have you worked with, who later turned it around? I know my total would be 0, and I suspect many others have had the same experience.
I think that we'd have to come up with a different term than RAID, as this clearly is not an inexpensive disk. ;)
Or, as someone else said, he'll learn. The fact that civilization may collapse doesn't mean that the average person should waste time prepping survival skills for that event. Hell, the US could institute a draft tomorrow and send me to Iraq, but that doesn't mean I should be learning how to use a rifle on the off-chance it'll happen.
Just because he set himself up for it doesn't mean you have to bite. Be gracious to people, even when they're wrong and you're right (or try to, at least)... it makes the world a better place.
I don't write software.
There isn't a particular excuse for not being compatible with what Microsoft did, since there was plenty of advance warning, but I dislike the decision. And that's my right, thank you very much.
And I say this as a very happy (albeit UAC-free) Vista user.
XP was an excellent OS as of SP1, not SP2. SP2 was a big problem at first, for me at least, it took a few months before it stopped making my games suck. After that, SP2 was fine, though.