I agree, I've had no issues yet* and am running it on 2 machines (old athlon 3000+ 64 single core and a T5500 laptop). Performance is good, annoyances reduced, IMO better than much Vista.
One thing that disturbs me is calling it "Seven", too close to that horror flic from a while back.;D
Add to this the fact you'd be able to swallow multiple of the same type of pill to ensure the results are correct and you have a decent system.
No system is 100% failsafe, computerised or not. I really wish these luddites would stop posting on slashdot, it kind of goes against your philosophies.
You know, what if what you type is malformed into something that deteriorates your character?
It's unfortunate that the US has little to no consumer protection, here in Australia there's the TIO (www.tio.gov.au) or the state based Consumer Affairs/Department of Fair Trading that deals with these issues. At the mere mention of these bodies the carriers quickly release you from contract, or prepare for a massive legal battle without any cost to you.
Agreed, I used to work for 2 different non-profit orgs in Newcastle, NSW, Australia when I lived there... was tough times, hard to find work, so I just gave my expertise to these people. I received about 6 months worth of work fixing computers, replacing equipment for cheaper to run, more efficient equipment, or even just making sure their security was up to scratch (easy to do as they were all running *nix distros of different flavours).
Any org will jump at the chance of a free techie, the reason being that most of the time the parts cost much less than the techie. Case in point: a graphics card dies in a machine, the card costs A$100 (cheap card, rip-off pricing), the tech will cost at minimum A$200-A$250. For most non-profits that's a "dead machine" scenario where they lose a computer, printer, etc, due to the cost of repair.
The other end of the spectrum would be as has been said in databasing, maybe even software development, or even teaching workshops - there are quite a few tech orientated non-profits out there that need people from the industry to run workshops or hold group discussions with youth/out of work people.
I'll buy a game at release if I've played the demo that showcases the (high) quality of the game. If the demo shows how much the game sucks, I won't buy it. Simple as that.
The games mentioned here are examples of games that were hyped to the max and really didn't deliver. AOC was (and still is) a buggy piece of shit, Mirrors Edge was just a piece of shit (refer to Yhatzee's over at the escapist for some insight), and I really don't know anything about LBP as I don't have a PS3.
I went into EB yesterday thinking I'd be able to pick up something new to have a lash at... all that was on offer were blockbuster pile of crap games that look shiny, but really don't deliver compared to games that are 10 years old.
Just channel hop until it works fine. I had the same issues having 2 wireless routers in the same house (big house, long story), but that was soon solved by using a more sturdy wired solution and only having the wireless as far away as possible.
I am curious, in an apartment I've never had an issue with interference, except with a cordless phone in the same apt - fixed quickly by getting a DECT phone.
My usual method of avoiding any possible interference is to move as far (channelwise) away from the strongest signal from my neighbours. 11 is usually where it sits, and has done from the last 4 moves. At the moment I'm in a block of 6 apartments with 5-8 different wireless signals depending on where in the house you are with no issues at all.
I'm really not sure what point you're trying to make there... I'm not sure if you didn't even read the OP, or you're just confused.
The experiments didn't have ANYTHING to do with showing that HL2 is violent, it was merely used in a test.
As for "properly violent" video games, well, that's a very loose term... one could say that Mario (any of them) are "properly violent" - you run around jumping on turtles and firing fireballs at other creatures.
To me the issue isn't that there's a problem with violent video games, it's a problem with the parents'. Maybe if instead of using the computer/gaming console to baby sit them they spent time with them, actually connected with them - at least then, if there is an obvious mental issue it can be treated rather than being left to fester and manifest itself in a murder-suicide bloodbath.
I use SuSE, after using Debian, Mandrake, Redhat (old), Slackware, etc... take that muthafukers!
Seriously though, the flavour matters not, it's the intent that matters. I do use Ubuntu on my EEEPC as it's better than the abomination that's on it. Horses for courses.
*waits for the "die hard" (hard dire?) *nix freaks to start barraging him about SuSE*
I don't know why people are saying there's such a big issue with 7 and hardware. I installed it on my notebook and it definately runs a lot quicker than Vista - one reason for me never installing Vista on any of my machines.
I usually don't have many positive things to say about Microsoft, but 7 is definately heading in the RIGHT direction. It's as quick, if not quicker than XP was on the same notebook.
Specs are: T5500, 2GB DDR2, ATi X1700. While not a beast of a machine, it still runs Aero fine, and I have yet to find a real gripe with 7.
I've just stopped playing recently with characters that are fairly old. I got a bit bored with the whole idea, the in-fighting, etc. That's just me.
Sure, I've flown in 500 strong fleets against BoB. Was fun at the time, but I'm looking for something that's going to be fun all the time.
It takes all kinds to for different MMOs, saying one is superior (or requires an higher IQ) is like saying that strawberry ice cream is superior to chocolate.
I moved on, found some fun in LOTRO. While it doesn't have the biggest user base in the world, it's got what I like. I'm the first to shoot someone down for claiming that LOTRO is the superior of the MMOs - it has elements I love, elements I hate, but it all boils down to the hate/love ratio.
If you're stupid enough to believe that a game has more depth because you can grief more you're sorely mistaken (IMO griefing is for the people who lack intellect and just enjoy other's suffering). Sure, Eve is more complex, but it is far from an "high IQ" game. If you want a high IQ game, forget MMOs and start playing chess.
This is akin to saying you pay for time on expensive research equipment and that facility OWNS what you've come up with. Typical bullshit said by someone who has no idea what they are talking about.
You pay fees to rent both the teaching time and lab time. If I write a program on a rented laptop the program is OWNED BY ME not by the rental company.
The same as if I borrow your lawn mower, you don't own my lawn.
Agreed. While Yhatzee's Zero Punctuation may be seen as somewhat abrasive, he does hit the nail on the head when reveiwing games that seem to lack this feature.
I know myself, when I play a game for a bit of fun, I want to do just that... have fun. Not be PUNISHED for a simple error, or not knowing the level.
I reccomend anyone who enjoys gaming to watch his reviews. They are abrasive, but they are also down to earth. He pretty much spells out what really sucks about modern gaming (and, yes, he does praise what's right).
Sure in MMOs and the likes you are "punished" at times, but it's not for not knowing, it's for not working together. Solo, I don't want to be punished by some want-to-be benevolent programmer with a sadistic nature, I want to have fun.
Unfortunately this is another case of someone not knowing what the hell is going on.
No knee jerking there, they don't make the netBook anymore.
While they own the trademark, unfortunately they haven't acted on something that's now a colloquial term for a small ultra-portable notebook.
They had their chance years ago to enforce their trademark, they dropped the ball really. It would be like Johnson & Johnson banning the use of the term Band-Aid for non-Band-Aid products. It's become part of our language and a term more than a trademark.
If anything, Psion could capitalise on this by letting the term become ingrained in society and releasing a true "netBook". Consumers who didn't know better would just buy it.
Unfortunately this really stinks of trademark trolling.
I don't think it really has anything to do with destroying other's lives... I think it's more to do with the shame of being broke. No more country club, no more old boys club, no more golf clubs.
I think you might want to eat those words... considering the Xbox is the real "woefully underpowered" device.
The Xbox has an Intel Celeron (coppermine) 733 dating from 1999 or 2001 depending on when it was produced, by comparison the AppleTV has an Intel Crofton 1.0Ghz from the last year or so.
There's also the RAM, 64MB of DDR SDRAM in the xbox, 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM in the AppleTV.
As far as it being too expensive, the xbox at release was double what the AppleTV was at release... nuff said.
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I agree, I've had no issues yet* and am running it on 2 machines (old athlon 3000+ 64 single core and a T5500 laptop). Performance is good, annoyances reduced, IMO better than much Vista.
One thing that disturbs me is calling it "Seven", too close to that horror flic from a while back. ;D
Add to this the fact you'd be able to swallow multiple of the same type of pill to ensure the results are correct and you have a decent system.
No system is 100% failsafe, computerised or not. I really wish these luddites would stop posting on slashdot, it kind of goes against your philosophies.
You know, what if what you type is malformed into something that deteriorates your character?
It's unfortunate that the US has little to no consumer protection, here in Australia there's the TIO (www.tio.gov.au) or the state based Consumer Affairs/Department of Fair Trading that deals with these issues. At the mere mention of these bodies the carriers quickly release you from contract, or prepare for a massive legal battle without any cost to you.
Actually, they were rare... they were the cloaks of the Elves of Lothlorien, the colour of Mallorn - the trees that grew there.
So no, other elves did not wear them, the only other elf that did was Legolas of Mirkwood.
Agreed, I used to work for 2 different non-profit orgs in Newcastle, NSW, Australia when I lived there... was tough times, hard to find work, so I just gave my expertise to these people. I received about 6 months worth of work fixing computers, replacing equipment for cheaper to run, more efficient equipment, or even just making sure their security was up to scratch (easy to do as they were all running *nix distros of different flavours).
Any org will jump at the chance of a free techie, the reason being that most of the time the parts cost much less than the techie. Case in point: a graphics card dies in a machine, the card costs A$100 (cheap card, rip-off pricing), the tech will cost at minimum A$200-A$250. For most non-profits that's a "dead machine" scenario where they lose a computer, printer, etc, due to the cost of repair.
The other end of the spectrum would be as has been said in databasing, maybe even software development, or even teaching workshops - there are quite a few tech orientated non-profits out there that need people from the industry to run workshops or hold group discussions with youth/out of work people.
You do realise by putting a "meh" at the start of your paragraph you just destroyed any credibility you may have had?
I'd say you're more painting yourself into a corner for no good reason.
Go play Hello Kitty Island Adventure if you want a game to be "easy" (which is what you are saying).
That's wavelength, not frequency...
There, fixed that for you...
Why would I want to spend $120 a month on crap?
I'll buy a game at release if I've played the demo that showcases the (high) quality of the game. If the demo shows how much the game sucks, I won't buy it. Simple as that.
The games mentioned here are examples of games that were hyped to the max and really didn't deliver. AOC was (and still is) a buggy piece of shit, Mirrors Edge was just a piece of shit (refer to Yhatzee's over at the escapist for some insight), and I really don't know anything about LBP as I don't have a PS3.
I went into EB yesterday thinking I'd be able to pick up something new to have a lash at... all that was on offer were blockbuster pile of crap games that look shiny, but really don't deliver compared to games that are 10 years old.
Just channel hop until it works fine. I had the same issues having 2 wireless routers in the same house (big house, long story), but that was soon solved by using a more sturdy wired solution and only having the wireless as far away as possible.
I am curious, in an apartment I've never had an issue with interference, except with a cordless phone in the same apt - fixed quickly by getting a DECT phone.
My usual method of avoiding any possible interference is to move as far (channelwise) away from the strongest signal from my neighbours. 11 is usually where it sits, and has done from the last 4 moves. At the moment I'm in a block of 6 apartments with 5-8 different wireless signals depending on where in the house you are with no issues at all.
I'm really not sure what point you're trying to make there... I'm not sure if you didn't even read the OP, or you're just confused.
The experiments didn't have ANYTHING to do with showing that HL2 is violent, it was merely used in a test.
As for "properly violent" video games, well, that's a very loose term... one could say that Mario (any of them) are "properly violent" - you run around jumping on turtles and firing fireballs at other creatures.
To me the issue isn't that there's a problem with violent video games, it's a problem with the parents'. Maybe if instead of using the computer/gaming console to baby sit them they spent time with them, actually connected with them - at least then, if there is an obvious mental issue it can be treated rather than being left to fester and manifest itself in a murder-suicide bloodbath.
I use SuSE, after using Debian, Mandrake, Redhat (old), Slackware, etc... take that muthafukers!
Seriously though, the flavour matters not, it's the intent that matters. I do use Ubuntu on my EEEPC as it's better than the abomination that's on it. Horses for courses.
*waits for the "die hard" (hard dire?) *nix freaks to start barraging him about SuSE*
I don't know why people are saying there's such a big issue with 7 and hardware. I installed it on my notebook and it definately runs a lot quicker than Vista - one reason for me never installing Vista on any of my machines.
I usually don't have many positive things to say about Microsoft, but 7 is definately heading in the RIGHT direction. It's as quick, if not quicker than XP was on the same notebook.
Specs are: T5500, 2GB DDR2, ATi X1700. While not a beast of a machine, it still runs Aero fine, and I have yet to find a real gripe with 7.
Vite 1 DeathElk for prime minster!
I agree with you whole heartedly.
I've just stopped playing recently with characters that are fairly old. I got a bit bored with the whole idea, the in-fighting, etc. That's just me.
Sure, I've flown in 500 strong fleets against BoB. Was fun at the time, but I'm looking for something that's going to be fun all the time.
It takes all kinds to for different MMOs, saying one is superior (or requires an higher IQ) is like saying that strawberry ice cream is superior to chocolate.
I moved on, found some fun in LOTRO. While it doesn't have the biggest user base in the world, it's got what I like. I'm the first to shoot someone down for claiming that LOTRO is the superior of the MMOs - it has elements I love, elements I hate, but it all boils down to the hate/love ratio.
If you're stupid enough to believe that a game has more depth because you can grief more you're sorely mistaken (IMO griefing is for the people who lack intellect and just enjoy other's suffering). Sure, Eve is more complex, but it is far from an "high IQ" game. If you want a high IQ game, forget MMOs and start playing chess.
You and me both...
This is akin to saying you pay for time on expensive research equipment and that facility OWNS what you've come up with. Typical bullshit said by someone who has no idea what they are talking about.
You pay fees to rent both the teaching time and lab time. If I write a program on a rented laptop the program is OWNED BY ME not by the rental company.
The same as if I borrow your lawn mower, you don't own my lawn.
Who's micron?
Agreed. While Yhatzee's Zero Punctuation may be seen as somewhat abrasive, he does hit the nail on the head when reveiwing games that seem to lack this feature.
I know myself, when I play a game for a bit of fun, I want to do just that... have fun. Not be PUNISHED for a simple error, or not knowing the level.
I reccomend anyone who enjoys gaming to watch his reviews. They are abrasive, but they are also down to earth. He pretty much spells out what really sucks about modern gaming (and, yes, he does praise what's right).
Sure in MMOs and the likes you are "punished" at times, but it's not for not knowing, it's for not working together. Solo, I don't want to be punished by some want-to-be benevolent programmer with a sadistic nature, I want to have fun.
It's a quest item, not a drop.
There's a lot here in Australia. Not that I'd buy one.
Kind of feels like being a caveman using VHS.
Now BetaMAX, that's a standard you can be proud of.
Unfortunately this is another case of someone not knowing what the hell is going on.
No knee jerking there, they don't make the netBook anymore.
While they own the trademark, unfortunately they haven't acted on something that's now a colloquial term for a small ultra-portable notebook.
They had their chance years ago to enforce their trademark, they dropped the ball really. It would be like Johnson & Johnson banning the use of the term Band-Aid for non-Band-Aid products. It's become part of our language and a term more than a trademark.
If anything, Psion could capitalise on this by letting the term become ingrained in society and releasing a true "netBook". Consumers who didn't know better would just buy it.
Unfortunately this really stinks of trademark trolling.
Well aren't you a dickhead?
I don't think it really has anything to do with destroying other's lives... I think it's more to do with the shame of being broke. No more country club, no more old boys club, no more golf clubs.
I think you might want to eat those words... considering the Xbox is the real "woefully underpowered" device.
The Xbox has an Intel Celeron (coppermine) 733 dating from 1999 or 2001 depending on when it was produced, by comparison the AppleTV has an Intel Crofton 1.0Ghz from the last year or so.
There's also the RAM, 64MB of DDR SDRAM in the xbox, 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM in the AppleTV.
As far as it being too expensive, the xbox at release was double what the AppleTV was at release... nuff said.