I'm a big Starcraft fan... I bought two copies of the original because I used the first one so much. I turned other people onto the game. Most notably, I rarely used Battle.net and have had many a skirmish over LAN. In fact, we still get together and play Starcraft in person over LAN to this day.
Therefore, my need to buy Starcraft II as been reduced significantly. I will simply borrow a friend's when he is done with the campaigns because I know it will be used little after that.
Actual context FTFA...
Windows 7 feels faster than Windows XP and Vista, but it turns out that's not always the case -- sometimes, it's the slowest of the three operating systems. We tested four 32-bit Windows operating systems: Windows 7 RTM build 7600, Windows 7 Release Candidate build 7100, Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and Windows XP SP3, all on an Inspiron Desktop 530 mini-tower running an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4500 at 2.20GHz, with a 128MB Nvidia 8300 GS graphics card, 4GB of RAM and two 320GB SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.
Source: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303203-7,00.htm
MOD PARENT UP!
It's so true. He has been hung up to dry by the media because rumor and hearsay have made him look really bad. And even suggesting he may not be culpable makes one look like a crazy person.
Wow. Is there any way to change the scoring system just this once to pump this one to 6... or maybe 11. This one goes to 11 because its humour is just that much more powerful. Brilliant.
I can't believe this hasn't been modded up higher.
This is extremely insightful and definitely illustrates the hypocracy of the currently unbalanced execution of the particular laws governing these areas.
Bravo, sir or madam.
You're assuming the theories of physics to be fact. The theories that science has produced and calculated against do not in and of themselves become accepted truth. The fact that contemporary physics considers time itself as having its beginning at the point of the Big Bang is a somewhat arbitrary idea. Therefore, that does not render the grandparent's question meaningless. Actually, the grandparent's point is that making black and white statements about accuracy are themselves inaccurate because these ideas themselves are debatable.
BTW, I find this statement humourously ironic: "...what human brains are built to grasp..."
You sir, are an imaginative purveyor of good times. What a delightfully descriptive title for a gaming session.
BTW, I don't think that's unfortunate AT ALL. It's sweet retribution for those of us who never made time to hone the 1337 gamer status of our nerdom.
Seriously! The bots offered hours of replay value. The varied AI programmed into the different bots made for some fun scenarios. Remember the Judge bot? Oh, the liters of fear induced urine we produced facing 8 of them at once.:)
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Yeah... that sounds like a great idea... http://yro.slashdot.org/story/07/06/26/1620240/ESA-Initiates-Police-Raid-Against-Console-Modder?art_pos=2 Ha.
MOD UP! This was an excellent response. I would be interested to see sonicmerlin's reply... I hope he doesn't flee the inquiry...
I'm sure they will. It's called a bill.
It's in international waters... which country do you think is willing to pay for such an undertaking?
I'm a big Starcraft fan... I bought two copies of the original because I used the first one so much. I turned other people onto the game. Most notably, I rarely used Battle.net and have had many a skirmish over LAN. In fact, we still get together and play Starcraft in person over LAN to this day. Therefore, my need to buy Starcraft II as been reduced significantly. I will simply borrow a friend's when he is done with the campaigns because I know it will be used little after that.
Someone please mod this up... what a great point you rarely see covered in any media outlets!
So when you commute and are at work you refuse to listen to music? :-/
There's more than a couple hours available every day for enjoying music.
I think it's a bad idea to leave your password written down on our monitor... but having a complicated, hard -to-remember password written down in a drawer somewhere for easy reference is actually a suggested security (good behavior) tactic. Linky: http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/02/04/write-down-your-passwords.aspx
I think there's a good point in this post to speak to and the Flamebait label was unwarranted. Bad modding, Slashheads.
I shall quote a great philosopher here: "Stop whining!"
*sigh* Are you seriously feeding the troll? Really? :-\
This is not a troll... I think this is a valid point although I do not entirely agree with it. I wish I had mod points, sir.
Actual context FTFA... Windows 7 feels faster than Windows XP and Vista, but it turns out that's not always the case -- sometimes, it's the slowest of the three operating systems. We tested four 32-bit Windows operating systems: Windows 7 RTM build 7600, Windows 7 Release Candidate build 7100, Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and Windows XP SP3, all on an Inspiron Desktop 530 mini-tower running an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4500 at 2.20GHz, with a 128MB Nvidia 8300 GS graphics card, 4GB of RAM and two 320GB SATA 7,200rpm hard drives. Source: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303203-7,00.htm
He's not a self proclaimed anarchist... he is quoting a song title by Against Me! from their album Reinventing Axl Rose.
MOD PARENT UP! It's so true. He has been hung up to dry by the media because rumor and hearsay have made him look really bad. And even suggesting he may not be culpable makes one look like a crazy person.
Are they any other studies that are not... um, Canadian?
Wow. Is there any way to change the scoring system just this once to pump this one to 6... or maybe 11. This one goes to 11 because its humour is just that much more powerful. Brilliant.
I can't believe this hasn't been modded up higher. This is extremely insightful and definitely illustrates the hypocracy of the currently unbalanced execution of the particular laws governing these areas. Bravo, sir or madam.
BIWL&O? PHMOINVO. (Please help me out, it's not very obvious)
You're assuming the theories of physics to be fact. The theories that science has produced and calculated against do not in and of themselves become accepted truth. The fact that contemporary physics considers time itself as having its beginning at the point of the Big Bang is a somewhat arbitrary idea. Therefore, that does not render the grandparent's question meaningless. Actually, the grandparent's point is that making black and white statements about accuracy are themselves inaccurate because these ideas themselves are debatable. BTW, I find this statement humourously ironic: "...what human brains are built to grasp..."
You sir, are an imaginative purveyor of good times. What a delightfully descriptive title for a gaming session. BTW, I don't think that's unfortunate AT ALL. It's sweet retribution for those of us who never made time to hone the 1337 gamer status of our nerdom.
Seriously! The bots offered hours of replay value. The varied AI programmed into the different bots made for some fun scenarios. Remember the Judge bot? Oh, the liters of fear induced urine we produced facing 8 of them at once. :)
Your analogies are disturbing to me... :-\
I'm off topic but I have to recognize the awesome Firefly reference! Kudos! :)
I wish I had mod points to give you. That was a smooth take on the continued quoting of the reverent Calvin. Kudos.