It does the Wiimote's job, only better. The problem is that it's being marketed toward the PC, where it won't sell because developers won't support it. The only games it'll work well on are low-budget titles or console ports where you can control the entire game with just the remote. The worst part is that once this (decent) product gets patented, we won't see the technology again for 10 years after its initial failure.
Most of the photoshops I've seen did nothing more than apply filters to darken the scene and raise contrast. Do they really mean to tell us that they're incapable of having their engine uniformly alter the light levels like that?
$100k is a lot more than most of the programmers made, and their job had longer, more stressful hours. VAs are reaching the end of their usefulness; within 5 years we'll see mainstream use of realistic CG voice.
I've been keeping up with the patch notes and logging in every now and then, and Vanguard's actually a pretty good game now. It's way too grindy for me, and there's not a whole lot you can do solo, but if you liked EQ then Vanguard is good. To be fair, though, they've lowered the XP curve a lot since I played regularly, so give it a try if they ever do a free trial.
Molyneux does make good games, but he's also got a very big mouth. Fable was good, but I would've definitely felt cheated if I had bothered to follow the game and bought into the hype. So, I will simply ignore Fable 2 until it comes out and be pleasantly surprised.
I agree. Instead of having lighter penalties when the copyright holder can't be identified, make it based on the availability of the work.
If the rights holder is making the work available (by putting it in a store, or for free on Youtube, etc.), then anybody else who wants to use the work has to pony up the existing penalties. If the work is no longer available new (like a book out of print), then the penalties should be lighter.
...when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. Or when it craps out, whichever comes first.
I've had a 21-inch Diamondtron (Gateway-branded) since 2002, and it continues to be the best monitor I've ever seen in terms of picture quality. It's the first CRT I've ever owned that could display fully-black blacks AND appropriately bright colors without having to manually change contrast levels. I barely notice the little gray wires; unless the screen's displaying something fully white I can't see them at all.
LCD/plasma displays are still coming into their own. Plasmas have problems with burn in and are dreadfully expensive, and LCDs have lousy black display, but these problems are phasing out. Still, I won't be giving up my 60lb behemoth until it gives me a good reason to.
First, things that are legal are not always socially acceptable. Your weekend bar escapades and porn habits are probably quite legal, but it may not be in your best interests for the outside world to know about your attraction to midget transvestites.
Secondly, and more importantly, things that are legal and/or acceptable now might not be in the future. Look at drug use, for example. There was no point in hiding it back in the 70's, because "everybody did it", and now it's coming back to haunt people (like politicians).
People shouldn't be scrutinized because they have the brains to foresee that stuff they're doing today might bite them in the ass later.
I wish they weren't such dicks when it came to, well, being dicks. Their service in my area is quite good and is cheaper than the alternatives.
It'd probably be more effective to push congresspeople to pass some neutrality legislation than to try and organize a boycott; nearly everyone can understand the benefits of neutrality laws, but only the people with poor service would really be interested in a boycott.
Future versions of Wine will be compatible with DX10, so Linux (and maybe XP) can use that. Also, there's Alky (at http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/) which promises DX10 on XP in the future.
Of course, with developers dragging their heels it's not impossible that Microsoft might bite the bullet and release DX10 for XP. I don't know how DX10 works, but I guess it's also possible that somebody might find a way to hack a DX10 redistributable to work with XP.
Yes, SOE totally screwed up Star Wars. They were, however, able to fix EQ2 so it's actually fun and playable. Hopefully they've learned since the SWG mess and will be able to turn Vanguard into something worthwhile.
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I, for one, prefer to believe that Marvel's writers are simply poor spellers.
...finds this situation most vexing.
Can we use these to upgrade our networks, too?
It does the Wiimote's job, only better. The problem is that it's being marketed toward the PC, where it won't sell because developers won't support it. The only games it'll work well on are low-budget titles or console ports where you can control the entire game with just the remote. The worst part is that once this (decent) product gets patented, we won't see the technology again for 10 years after its initial failure.
I guess it looks like they're in trouble now!
Most of the photoshops I've seen did nothing more than apply filters to darken the scene and raise contrast. Do they really mean to tell us that they're incapable of having their engine uniformly alter the light levels like that?
$100k is a lot more than most of the programmers made, and their job had longer, more stressful hours. VAs are reaching the end of their usefulness; within 5 years we'll see mainstream use of realistic CG voice.
I've been keeping up with the patch notes and logging in every now and then, and Vanguard's actually a pretty good game now. It's way too grindy for me, and there's not a whole lot you can do solo, but if you liked EQ then Vanguard is good. To be fair, though, they've lowered the XP curve a lot since I played regularly, so give it a try if they ever do a free trial.
Molyneux does make good games, but he's also got a very big mouth. Fable was good, but I would've definitely felt cheated if I had bothered to follow the game and bought into the hype. So, I will simply ignore Fable 2 until it comes out and be pleasantly surprised.
I agree. Instead of having lighter penalties when the copyright holder can't be identified, make it based on the availability of the work. If the rights holder is making the work available (by putting it in a store, or for free on Youtube, etc.), then anybody else who wants to use the work has to pony up the existing penalties. If the work is no longer available new (like a book out of print), then the penalties should be lighter.
...when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. Or when it craps out, whichever comes first. I've had a 21-inch Diamondtron (Gateway-branded) since 2002, and it continues to be the best monitor I've ever seen in terms of picture quality. It's the first CRT I've ever owned that could display fully-black blacks AND appropriately bright colors without having to manually change contrast levels. I barely notice the little gray wires; unless the screen's displaying something fully white I can't see them at all. LCD/plasma displays are still coming into their own. Plasmas have problems with burn in and are dreadfully expensive, and LCDs have lousy black display, but these problems are phasing out. Still, I won't be giving up my 60lb behemoth until it gives me a good reason to.
First, things that are legal are not always socially acceptable. Your weekend bar escapades and porn habits are probably quite legal, but it may not be in your best interests for the outside world to know about your attraction to midget transvestites.
Secondly, and more importantly, things that are legal and/or acceptable now might not be in the future. Look at drug use, for example. There was no point in hiding it back in the 70's, because "everybody did it", and now it's coming back to haunt people (like politicians). People shouldn't be scrutinized because they have the brains to foresee that stuff they're doing today might bite them in the ass later.I wish they weren't such dicks when it came to, well, being dicks. Their service in my area is quite good and is cheaper than the alternatives. It'd probably be more effective to push congresspeople to pass some neutrality legislation than to try and organize a boycott; nearly everyone can understand the benefits of neutrality laws, but only the people with poor service would really be interested in a boycott.
Future versions of Wine will be compatible with DX10, so Linux (and maybe XP) can use that. Also, there's Alky (at http://www.fallingleafsystems.com/) which promises DX10 on XP in the future. Of course, with developers dragging their heels it's not impossible that Microsoft might bite the bullet and release DX10 for XP. I don't know how DX10 works, but I guess it's also possible that somebody might find a way to hack a DX10 redistributable to work with XP.
So, does this mean that next time the neighbor's kid pours sugar into my gas tank, I should thank him?
...without this mess.
1. Give out name and address to complete strangers who work cash registers
2. Get identity stolen
3. Profit (for identity thieves).
Well, at least it fills in that elusive second step.
Yes, SOE totally screwed up Star Wars. They were, however, able to fix EQ2 so it's actually fun and playable. Hopefully they've learned since the SWG mess and will be able to turn Vanguard into something worthwhile.