I too bought an IBM 75GXP HD almost exactly a year ago. It began giving the horrendous clicking/scraping metallic sound after about 7 months of otherwise normal operation. Each time it would get the read error it would perform a surface scan on the next boot (windows 98 does this). I just kept doing surface scans and marking the sectors it would click on as Bad. I lost small files, whole folders, and programs to bad sectors.
Finally this VERY morning my hard drive did the clicking/scraping during boot up and now my system won't start. Imagine my surprise when I see this story come out on the same day my HD died.
It's time people realized that computer games are no different than anything else... the quality is UNKNOWN at first, so suck it up if you want to buy it the day it comes out. This is also true for:
OS's: many versions of Red Hat Linux and Windows have sucked ass the moment they came out, only to be patched later.
Cars: When the Dodge/Plymouth Neon came out several years ago my wife looked into buying one. The consensus amongst car experts was that it is UNKNOWN whether the Neon will turn out to be a reliable car. Cars models that have been out for a while have a track record. Buy an accord if you want reliability. If you want a model that has no track record, then you may not get something reliable in the long run.
Hardware: How many video cards have we seen get released with horrible drivers that were buggy as hell?
The solution here is to not buy the game the moment it comes out if you want reliable. Do buy it if:
You want to be a part of something from day one.
You want a relatively high level character in the community.
You want to be a part of the formative process in making the game better.
Not buying the game is not sending a positive message to anyone. In a few months the numbers will only indicate that the game didn't sell well, not why. Also not buying the game isn't just punishing GT (the distributor) it's also punishing Epic (the developers). But Epic is the company that is spending time and money to port their game to Linux. Why punish them?
So the better solution is to send a positive message to Epic by buying their game. But before you even open it, sit down and write an intelligent email to GT explaining that are dissapointed with them, and that you want the linux version in the box next time. Then download the Linux binaries from Epic's site (which informs them too, that you want Linux). This way everyone get's a pro Linux takehome message.
All I want for Christmas is a faster Slashdot. Don't send me that Palm Vx, send it to CmdrTaco, I'm sure it's faster than whatever the site is running on. Don't send me that 256MB of SDRAM I asked for last year, send it to Hemos. Send computers, RAM, HD's (preferably RAIDed) and anything else that might make this site move at an acceptable clip to them. They need it. I need it. I need them to need it so I won't have to waste all morning following the links at a minute and a half each.
Yes, the Intellimouse Explorer does work on Linux. I know someone using it in RH 6.1. It was easy to get it recognized as a standard 2 button PS/2 mouse, and with a little more work/patience/understanding you can get it recognized as a Microsoft PS/2 mouse which enables the middle mouse button (wheel).
I assume it's no different for the Intellimouse w/ Intellieye version. I doubt you'll get buttons 4 and 5 to work under Linux, though.
Q3 Tournament is NOT network only. Neither is Unreal Tournament for that matter. Both have single player modes that pit you against bots that simulate deathmatch. UT's bots can even play Capture The Flag and Domination and other game types. I dunno if Q3 has these alternate game types built in or not. No network required.
But by the sounds of it you haven't given network gaming a real try and you have no idea what you're missing out on...
Try using the second or third letters of each word in the phrase too to mix things up further. In the Die Hard example from above you'd have: IyAUu! or iYaOU!, if you spell Mother correctly. Random caps added for good measure.
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I too bought an IBM 75GXP HD almost exactly a year ago. It began giving the horrendous clicking/scraping metallic sound after about 7 months of otherwise normal operation. Each time it would get the read error it would perform a surface scan on the next boot (windows 98 does this). I just kept doing surface scans and marking the sectors it would click on as Bad. I lost small files, whole folders, and programs to bad sectors.
Finally this VERY morning my hard drive did the clicking/scraping during boot up and now my system won't start. Imagine my surprise when I see this story come out on the same day my HD died.
- OS's: many versions of Red Hat Linux and Windows have sucked ass the moment they came out, only to be patched later.
- Cars: When the Dodge/Plymouth Neon came out several years ago my wife looked into buying one. The consensus amongst car experts was that it is UNKNOWN whether the Neon will turn out to be a reliable car. Cars models that have been out for a while have a track record. Buy an accord if you want reliability. If you want a model that has no track record, then you may not get something reliable in the long run.
- Hardware: How many video cards have we seen get released with horrible drivers that were buggy as hell?
The solution here is to not buy the game the moment it comes out if you want reliable. Do buy it if:- You want to be a part of something from day one.
- You want a relatively high level character in the community.
- You want to be a part of the formative process in making the game better.
- You like to live on the bleeding edge.
This game is working as intended.So the better solution is to send a positive message to Epic by buying their game. But before you even open it, sit down and write an intelligent email to GT explaining that are dissapointed with them, and that you want the linux version in the box next time. Then download the Linux binaries from Epic's site (which informs them too, that you want Linux). This way everyone get's a pro Linux takehome message.
That's 4,000 emails in question not 40,000. You did the math right, though. About $60 per email.
All I want for Christmas is a faster Slashdot. Don't send me that Palm Vx, send it to CmdrTaco, I'm sure it's faster than whatever the site is running on. Don't send me that 256MB of SDRAM I asked for last year, send it to Hemos. Send computers, RAM, HD's (preferably RAIDed) and anything else that might make this site move at an acceptable clip to them. They need it. I need it. I need them to need it so I won't have to waste all morning following the links at a minute and a half each.
I assume it's no different for the Intellimouse w/ Intellieye version. I doubt you'll get buttons 4 and 5 to work under Linux, though.
But by the sounds of it you haven't given network gaming a real try and you have no idea what you're missing out on...
Try using the second or third letters of each word in the phrase too to mix things up further. In the Die Hard example from above you'd have: IyAUu! or iYaOU!, if you spell Mother correctly. Random caps added for good measure.