I think they can turn off the unencrypted channel but leave on the encrypted channel; so we can just turn it off for the other guys... but I'm no expert.
Does Microsoft employ industry standard software development best practices such as the CMM system? I work for a level 5 CMM software house and while most of the audit process is a joke there really are some good lessons to be learned from having explicit practices and for using an organization such as CMM to externally audit your practices.
Ok, have fun with your OS with no appropriate drivers and an experience that works sometimes. Why would you even WANT to use an OS that will not be supported for your hardware? Every software update will break it so you end up running an old version of the software all the time just so you can be l33t? Just but an apple. It really isn't that hard.
I'm confused about the $500 for crap for $500 for gold part. I mean.. I have a mac mini and a PC. I spend about $700 on both (I have one of the new 1.5Ghz Minis that just came out). Both are less than 6 months old. The mini beats the PC into the ground on everything but 3d performance. I'm not really much of a gamer so that doesn't matter to me.
Pure speed is over-rated. I'll take the great user experience, nice design, and top rate quality. My beige box PC makes funny noises, runs Windows (blech) and is essentially only useful for gaming.
but why are you playing a level 6 against a level 12? Just play against other level 6 players who haven't been playing for 16 hours a day. No MMORPG that I've tried lets a much higher level player just gank you when they feel the need (at least without you exposing yourself somehow to it)
You'll eventually get to a higher level; just not as fast. That is Ok though since you had fun playing at your own pace.
There is no end game for an MMORPG. The point of the game is the journey itself.
Has any CPU ever had a mechanism for the user to hint to the CPU whether or not the branch will be taken? Perhaps just another branch instruction that hints to the CPU that it is very likely for a branch to be taken.
This way the compiler could insert the appropriate optimization depending on the situation (or we could even allow #pragma type statements so a programmer could tell the compiler which way to hint!)
Granted most of the time the compiler could decide; or it doesn't matter so you could just use the same simple rules that the CPU might use (or just defer to the CPU as we do now). However, we've all be stuck in a situation where we end up with an if statement inside of a for loop. It'd be nice to be able to tighten a loop like that up in the rare situation where it matters.
It could probably be argued (although I'm not qualified!) that it is helpful to treat the whole person and not just the injury. This makes even more sense for children who maybe cannot fully comprehend the situation they have been put into. Certainly a contribution to a childs positive attitude can help them to beat whatever they are there to beat.
I do agree that we should not forget those other organizations! St Jude's is one charity that I support every single year. However, I still give to Child's Play as well. There is something special (to me) about picking out a couple of games for the kids to enjoy. It seems a little more personal than the check I write to help with treatment.
right.. because we need to play the same derivative garbage again...
Get a gamecube, they are cheap. You'll enjoy it. Check out Resident Evil 4 if you like the PS2 style of gaming, but then move into some of the other great games. Wind Waker is a blast; forget that it doesn't look "cool" enough to impress your friends and just enjoy it.
It was the IntelliVision as well... I still have one. Amazing stuff. I was always surprised that people wanted to play their Atari games when the Intellivision was so much better.
There are a small minority of people who take advantage of every situation. The people of New Orleans are overwhelmingly kind, generous people (just go visit sometime when it is all back, you'll have the time of your life and see some real hospitality). Unfortunatly the media likes to sensationalize everything. A few bad apples are the problem.
To be honest.. all of the people using this opportunity to take political pot-shots, attacks on the US, etc are doing something very similar to those looters and criminals taking advantage of the situation in New Orleans. Using a tragedy to push your own polital agenda or beliefs is disrespectful. Spend your energy on something positive instead.
Are you talking about java applets here? Otherwise I don't get your point. As far as Java technology goes applets are really a thing of the past (mostly for the reasons you mention). However, Java as a platform (especially a server platform) is a great piece of technology.
For awhile I was working in the postal technology business and it turns out that junk mail is useful! If it weren't for all that garbage than the economics of scale would make the cost to mail your bills/letters/cards go up. Junk mail keeps mail prices low for the average joe since the infrastructure is held together by all the money spent on junk mail.
Besides with Java you have the JNI interface which lets you access "native" code (such as those written in C). So you can do the bulk of your software in Java but still have the one little tiny piece that needs to be mega optimized done in C.
Use it as an excuse for one game, but then get all the other ones. If you like RE4, you'll love Eternal Darkness! I have a PS2, Xbox and cube and I have had the most fun with the cube even though I've bought the least amount of titles for it. XBox and PS2 has just been the same derivative garbage over and over again.
Nothing exciting is in that barcode; just what is on the front of your license, at least in new york state where I tried it. I had written a PDF417 barcode reader a couple years back and we used the back of our licenses as some test data just to see. It is literally just everything from the front side (name, address, height, wieght, etc). The interesting stuff will be in the database that this info is the key for!
Tivo is not the box you purchase. Tivo is the software + integrated system. What you get with Tivo is everything done for you. You do not have to do anything but plug it in and go.
Sure I could make a MythTV box. That would be a waste of my time if I can just get an integrated solution (with support, upgrades, etc all done for me) for $12.95 a month.
So yea. if someone made an easy system for the mac mini, it would be no problem. Maybe Tivo should do just that. However, their boxes are basically free after rebate ($99 is very cheap for the hard drive + remote + cables, processor, etc), you get a nice remote, and it doesn't look stupid in your entertainment center.
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So you can pull your shows off the Cox DVR then? I didn't think so.
How is Cox not even MORE hollywood, big business, evil empire?
I cannot sit on my couch and relax with a mouse and keyboard. In addition console gaming is more about the social experience with friends then a single player at a PC. I don't want to have to setup a table for the keyboard and mouse.
Although.. perhaps a trackball where thet joystick goes would be interesting for some games (FPS?)
FYI, on the XBox version of the game it does support custom soundtracks so you can import your own music.
I had some problems with it reading a CD-R of music I burned, but it worked with pressed CDs just fine. Anyone else have issues like this with the XBox drive?
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I think they can turn off the unencrypted channel but leave on the encrypted channel; so we can just turn it off for the other guys... but I'm no expert.
Does Microsoft employ industry standard software development best practices such as the CMM system? I work for a level 5 CMM software house and while most of the audit process is a joke there really are some good lessons to be learned from having explicit practices and for using an organization such as CMM to externally audit your practices.
Ok, have fun with your OS with no appropriate drivers and an experience that works sometimes. Why would you even WANT to use an OS that will not be supported for your hardware? Every software update will break it so you end up running an old version of the software all the time just so you can be l33t? Just but an apple. It really isn't that hard.
I'm confused about the $500 for crap for $500 for gold part. I mean.. I have a mac mini and a PC. I spend about $700 on both (I have one of the new 1.5Ghz Minis that just came out). Both are less than 6 months old. The mini beats the PC into the ground on everything but 3d performance.
I'm not really much of a gamer so that doesn't matter to me.
Pure speed is over-rated. I'll take the great user experience, nice design, and top rate quality. My beige box PC makes funny noises, runs Windows (blech) and is essentially only useful for gaming.
but why are you playing a level 6 against a level 12? Just play against other level 6 players who haven't been playing for 16 hours a day. No MMORPG that I've tried lets a much higher level player just gank you when they feel the need (at least without you exposing yourself somehow to it)
You'll eventually get to a higher level; just not as fast. That is Ok though since you had fun playing at your own pace.
There is no end game for an MMORPG. The point of the game is the journey itself.
Has any CPU ever had a mechanism for the user to hint to the CPU whether or not the branch will be taken? Perhaps just another branch instruction that hints to the CPU that it is very likely for a branch to be taken.
This way the compiler could insert the appropriate optimization depending on the situation (or we could even allow #pragma type statements so a programmer could tell the compiler which way to hint!)
Granted most of the time the compiler could decide; or it doesn't matter so you could just use the same simple rules that the CPU might use (or just defer to the CPU as we do now). However, we've all be stuck in a situation where we end up with an if statement inside of a for loop. It'd be nice to be able to tighten a loop like that up in the rare situation where it matters.
Depends what you mean be rewarded. I mean.. isn't the fun of playing the game the reward? Who cares what level you can achieve.
It could probably be argued (although I'm not qualified!) that it is helpful to treat the whole person and not just the injury. This makes even more sense for children who maybe cannot fully comprehend the situation they have been put into. Certainly a contribution to a childs positive attitude can help them to beat whatever they are there to beat.
I do agree that we should not forget those other organizations! St Jude's is one charity that I support every single year. However, I still give to Child's Play as well. There is something special (to me) about picking out a couple of games for the kids to enjoy. It seems a little more personal than the check I write to help with treatment.
right.. because we need to play the same derivative garbage again...
Get a gamecube, they are cheap. You'll enjoy it. Check out Resident Evil 4 if you like the PS2 style of gaming, but then move into some of the other great games. Wind Waker is a blast; forget that it doesn't look "cool" enough to impress your friends and just enjoy it.
It was the IntelliVision as well... I still have one. Amazing stuff. I was always surprised that people wanted to play their Atari games when the Intellivision was so much better.
To be honest.. all of the people using this opportunity to take political pot-shots, attacks on the US, etc are doing something very similar to those looters and criminals taking advantage of the situation in New Orleans. Using a tragedy to push your own polital agenda or beliefs is disrespectful. Spend your energy on something positive instead.
Please please please tell me you just forgot the tags!
Are you talking about java applets here? Otherwise I don't get your point. As far as Java technology goes applets are really a thing of the past (mostly for the reasons you mention). However, Java as a platform (especially a server platform) is a great piece of technology.
Why would you love to use OS X on x86 hardware. Just to save a few bucks?
yea, but do you really need it the day it comes out where you work? The end of may is not that far away.
For awhile I was working in the postal technology business and it turns out that junk mail is useful! If it weren't for all that garbage than the economics of scale would make the cost to mail your bills/letters/cards go up. Junk mail keeps mail prices low for the average joe since the infrastructure is held together by all the money spent on junk mail.
Besides with Java you have the JNI interface which lets you access "native" code (such as those written in C). So you can do the bulk of your software in Java but still have the one little tiny piece that needs to be mega optimized done in C.
Use it as an excuse for one game, but then get all the other ones. If you like RE4, you'll love Eternal Darkness! I have a PS2, Xbox and cube and I have had the most fun with the cube even though I've bought the least amount of titles for it. XBox and PS2 has just been the same derivative garbage over and over again.
Nothing exciting is in that barcode; just what is on the front of your license, at least in new york state where I tried it. I had written a PDF417 barcode reader a couple years back and we used the back of our licenses as some test data just to see. It is literally just everything from the front side (name, address, height, wieght, etc). The interesting stuff will be in the database that this info is the key for!
Funny. I don't FEEL like Tivo is controlling me. I guess that explains all the joy I get from owning it?
Think about it like this.
Tivo is not the box you purchase. Tivo is the software + integrated system. What you get with Tivo is everything done for you. You do not have to do anything but plug it in and go.
Sure I could make a MythTV box. That would be a waste of my time if I can just get an integrated solution (with support, upgrades, etc all done for me) for $12.95 a month.
So yea. if someone made an easy system for the mac mini, it would be no problem. Maybe Tivo should do just that. However, their boxes are basically free after rebate ($99 is very cheap for the hard drive + remote + cables, processor, etc), you get a nice remote, and it doesn't look stupid in your entertainment center.
So you can pull your shows off the Cox DVR then? I didn't think so.
How is Cox not even MORE hollywood, big business, evil empire?
Very very simple answer.
I cannot sit on my couch and relax with a mouse and keyboard. In addition console gaming is more about the social experience with friends then a single player at a PC. I don't want to have to setup a table for the keyboard and mouse.
Although.. perhaps a trackball where thet joystick goes would be interesting for some games (FPS?)
Nope. Canadians are not US citizens either. I know. shocking!
The point it, you need to sue them in your own country, there is no world court for this type of thing.
FYI, on the XBox version of the game it does support custom soundtracks so you can import your own music.
I had some problems with it reading a CD-R of music I burned, but it worked with pressed CDs just fine. Anyone else have issues like this with the XBox drive?