Most of us that modded it cranked the difficulty level up to the extreme because it was too easy.
DS1 and 2 were awesome to Mod. Unfortunately the Dev's mostly abandoned DS2 while they went on to SupCom and the DS2 branch died an untimely death. Whereas people still continue to mod DS1 to this day.
There are many complete (overhaul) mods for DS1 -- some of the most famous being "Ultima V - Lazarus" or Ultima 6.
The expansions for both DS1 and DS2 were decent. I believe the game would of been much more of a hit (and made quite a bit more money) if the Dev's hadn't released DS2 with PvP broken beyond repair and if they hadn't worked so hard against the modding community.
Considering GPG is only going to "give input" -- it's possible that the idiotic ideas that were bandied about over the last few years by Chris Taylor wont come to fruition (i.e. turning it into a "space siege" clone).
AFAIK it's akin to a Mapping/Hash (array), ie:
mArray[name]:= ({ "Crash" }) or
mArray[stats]:= ({ ({ "STR", 10 )}, ({ "DEX", 12 }) })
They could also be multi-tiered mappings:
mPlayer[data][name], mPlayer[data][stats]
DGD and LPmuds have done mapping/arrays for ~20 years. The underlying DGD core is C++ and the interpreted language is like-C. The underlying core of most other LPMuds is C and interpreted like-C.
Mappings and Compiled (Data) Objects were extremely useful in DGD. Named arrays with decent access speed.
An OEM install just has a handful of extra files (and possibly drivers) that are dropped into System32 for purposes of pre-registration and confirming a BIOS/hardware match with the distributor/manufacturer (OEM).
ANd then there's the OEM disks that you buy when you build your OWN machine. That is near identical to a Full-Retail disk.
Considering a Beer is 0.25c in China, 0.34c / hr is the equivalent to $5.44 USD (($4.00 / 0.25 ) * 0.34).
Also the dollar in China is controlled by the Govt. to keep it less than 1st World Nations (unbalanced) so that Trade stays with China.
So why would a Chinese worker work for pennies? It's far and away above what they would get in Rural farming communities.
Loads of times I don't have a (web) browser open. Whereas Total Commander (file) manager/browser is always open: and on a usb-stick for when I have to work on other machines.
The best I know of is either J River's Media Jukebox 12.x (freeware), or WinAmp 2.95/5.x.
J River's most recent app is shareware: J River's Media Center 14.x.
From what I see coming from Canada to the States -- There is an unusually high focus on violence in the news at all hours of the day here in the US. An unhealthy view on sex, while on the other hand glorifying violence in all it's varied forms.
The legistlation and government has also focused highly (at least in the past) on scaring the living shit out of it's populace.
From what I see, at least, guns and the resultant violence that ensues from their use is all part and parcel of a mindset that is unlike many (most?) Western, Eastern or European countries.
SET gStrlen= ^"{ len=length($1); siz=length($2);
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% if( len > maxlen ) maxlen=len;
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% if( siz > maxsiz ) maxsiz=siz;
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% } END { print maxlen + maxsiz; }"
FOR/F %%S IN ('type %output%.len ^| gawk.exe -F? %gStrlen%') DO SET maxlen=%%S
:: For clarity this is a 1-line SET command (that slashdot will wrap).
SET gAwkOut=^"BEGIN { maxlen = %maxlen% } { printf(\"%%-\" maxlen + length($1) - length($0) \"s %%s\n\", substr($1, 2, length($1) - 2), $2); }"
type %output%.len | gawk.exe -F? %gAwkOut% >> %output%
I'm pretty sure almost every broken pipe under cmd.exe is related to just escaping with ^|. One place it always needs to be escaped is in a For loop's 'command string' (above).
I installed GnuWin32 before, it had a Cygwin dependency (and other dlls) that UnxUtils doesn't have or need. As well it was a much larger install and I didn't see anything I wanted/needed beyond what UnxUtils already had.
Yes, I no longer compile MUDs these days thus have found (for the most part) I don't need a full Cygwin install anymore, as Gnu's UnxUtils distributed by google * has most all the functionality I need.
My main Windows interface is typically Total Commander, whereas in years past I'd be more inclined to be in a Cygwin command prompt.
Of note, I likely have done more scripting since leaving Cygwin behind. I also discovered some interesting ways of frankenmerging GAWK and CMD batch.
(*) A few extra (and updated) binaries that aren't found in the original Gnu UnxUtils.
I mentioned CMD.exe commands vs Linux as that was more a match for the discussion (I thought). I even ran into this recently, I had to make a.tar file to upload to a webserver that refused to unpack a.rar in Cpanel: The --help for tar didn't even have a simple example, and I couldn't recall the proper args. I had to google it. Whereas any actual Windows CMD.exe command I can't recall usage on will have multiple examples of usage.
I use a custom google search. Experts-exchange.com is one of the domains I have permanently filtered out of any of my search results.
A significant amount of their content is lifted directly from Microsoft's KB articles, technet, etc. Other answers can usually be found elsewhere on reputable sites.
I suppose therin lies the difference between MMO and MUDS or a real RPG. You'd never reach that many deaths in most MUDS or RPGs: your character would wind up perma-dead.
All one need to do is compare Microsoft's CMD.exe documentation to Linux Man Pages.
Drop into a command prompt; every single Batch command is fully detailed in both:
1) What flags do
2) Robust examples of usage.
While this may not be Windows-proper if you are going to compare Man pages to Windows documentation, at least compare it to the most similiar instance. CMD.exe help and help on command-line commands (/?) blows man-pages away.
And as other posters have noted there is so much duplication/mirroring of man-pages online that often it is difficult to find anything except that repeated information ad nauseum.
Or, loadhive.exe (~7kb) (that I downloaded earlier this year). In RegEdt32.exe's case, launch and click over to the HKLM or HKU window, then File/Load Hive and choose a registry.DAT (ie ntuser.dat in a user's home folder) to load. Make changes as needed, and File/Unload hive.
A reinterpretation of D&D 3.0/3.5 - I don't recall if it is the exact same OGL that D20 originally used. But it is a mostly open-gaming license. The Pathfinder Bestiary is currently #4 (bestseller) in Roleplaying Games on Amazon (#4,490 in Books). The Core Rulebook was in the Top 5 for quite a while as well - but Paizo underestimated demand and it sold out the first print run in August within the first couple weeks.
That's one reason why we shouldn't be too surprised that we see performance issues in third party ads. The other reason is that ad services are not focused on technology. Certainly companies like Yahoo and Google and Microsoft, we're technology companies. We focus on technology. So it's not surprising that our web developers are on the leading edge of adopting these performance best practices. And it's also not surprising that ad services might lag two, three or four years behind where these web technology companies are.""
I for one, am shocked, astounded, flabbergasted...surprised? er Not Surprised.
Most of the music I listened to (in the younger ears) was cassette and CDs -- and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to accurately distinguish between my WAV (or lossless WavPack) files and the MP3s (encoded Q4|Q6 VBR Lame).
Though I haven't tested ripping/encoding any Classical Music or Les Mis.
You are missing the main concepts here:
* RIAA is Evil: it represents money-making copyright Corps.
* Music is too Expensive: $15 Tapes in 1990; $15 CDs in 2009.
* All artists are shills and by association with the RIAA are evil by association.
* All CDs only have 1 or 2 good songs.
The 33 LP has proven to be collectible in some cases. This has much less to do with some esoteric benefit to being an "early music adopter" than the fact that some artists content as an original LP has become collectible.
I'm pretty sure the same cannot be said of "early adopters" of original works released on 8-Track, Cassette or even CD's (discounting rare limited/special editions).
Comic's were a collectible format at one time as well and experienced a huge inflation of value in the early/mid 90s. This value quickly disappeared less than 10 years later; you'll find many of these books in 0.50c discount bins now and for the most part only the classics from the 30s thru to the 60s have retained any collectible value.
Is this some new (or old?) kind of Music Fan I've never heard of before?
I'm the Eagles greatest fan: I have all their original LP albums (unopened), and haven't listened to a single one.
Slashdot Mirror
An extremely deep difficulty level?
Most of us that modded it cranked the difficulty level up to the extreme because it was too easy.
DS1 and 2 were awesome to Mod. Unfortunately the Dev's mostly abandoned DS2 while they went on to SupCom and the DS2 branch died an untimely death. Whereas people still continue to mod DS1 to this day.
There are many complete (overhaul) mods for DS1 -- some of the most famous being "Ultima V - Lazarus" or Ultima 6.
The expansions for both DS1 and DS2 were decent. I believe the game would of been much more of a hit (and made quite a bit more money) if the Dev's hadn't released DS2 with PvP broken beyond repair and if they hadn't worked so hard against the modding community.
Considering GPG is only going to "give input" -- it's possible that the idiotic ideas that were bandied about over the last few years by Chris Taylor wont come to fruition (i.e. turning it into a "space siege" clone).
Perhaps it will be an oled that rolls up like a magazine. Not that difficult to imagine.
AFAIK it's akin to a Mapping/Hash (array), ie: := ({ "Crash" }) or := ({ ({ "STR", 10 )}, ({ "DEX", 12 }) })
mArray[name]
mArray[stats]
They could also be multi-tiered mappings:
mPlayer[data][name], mPlayer[data][stats]
DGD and LPmuds have done mapping/arrays for ~20 years. The underlying DGD core is C++ and the interpreted language is like-C. The underlying core of most other LPMuds is C and interpreted like-C.
Mappings and Compiled (Data) Objects were extremely useful in DGD. Named arrays with decent access speed.
I use HFSLIP - and lazily use NLite to drop in the drivers (into the HFSLIP'ed files).
Technically, HFSLIP will do the Drivers as well, but that aspect isn't anywheres near as smooth as the HotFix+IE+DX9/etc integration.
Both, NLite and HFSLIP (main discussion forums and downloads) are located on msfn.org
OEM, or not it doesn't matter.
An OEM install just has a handful of extra files (and possibly drivers) that are dropped into System32 for purposes of pre-registration and confirming a BIOS/hardware match with the distributor/manufacturer (OEM).
ANd then there's the OEM disks that you buy when you build your OWN machine. That is near identical to a Full-Retail disk.
Considering a Beer is 0.25c in China, 0.34c / hr is the equivalent to $5.44 USD (($4.00 / 0.25 ) * 0.34).
Also the dollar in China is controlled by the Govt. to keep it less than 1st World Nations (unbalanced) so that Trade stays with China.
So why would a Chinese worker work for pennies? It's far and away above what they would get in Rural farming communities.
Loads of times I don't have a (web) browser open. Whereas Total Commander (file) manager/browser is always open: and on a usb-stick for when I have to work on other machines.
The best I know of is either J River's Media Jukebox 12.x (freeware), or WinAmp 2.95/5.x.
J River's most recent app is shareware: J River's Media Center 14.x.
From what I see coming from Canada to the States -- There is an unusually high focus on violence in the news at all hours of the day here in the US. An unhealthy view on sex, while on the other hand glorifying violence in all it's varied forms.
The legistlation and government has also focused highly (at least in the past) on scaring the living shit out of it's populace.
From what I see, at least, guns and the resultant violence that ensues from their use is all part and parcel of a mindset that is unlike many (most?) Western, Eastern or European countries.
Includes:
Should try quoting your grep search strings, i.e.:
grep -R -n "something" * | grep -v "\.svn"
As this works fine for me:
C:\Program Files\TotalCMD>grep "older" *.txt | grep "were"
Broken pipe = use ^| instead of |
/F %%S IN ('type %output%.len ^| gawk.exe -F? %gStrlen%') DO SET maxlen=%%S
:: For clarity this is a 1-line SET command (that slashdot will wrap).
For example:(Snippet from MakeList2.cmd)
SET gStrlen= ^"{ len=length($1); siz=length($2);
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% if( len > maxlen ) maxlen=len;
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% if( siz > maxsiz ) maxsiz=siz;
SET gStrlen=%gStrlen% } END { print maxlen + maxsiz; }"
FOR
SET gAwkOut=^"BEGIN { maxlen = %maxlen% } { printf(\"%%-\" maxlen + length($1) - length($0) \"s %%s\n\", substr($1, 2, length($1) - 2), $2); }"
type %output%.len | gawk.exe -F? %gAwkOut% >> %output%
I'm pretty sure almost every broken pipe under cmd.exe is related to just escaping with ^|. One place it always needs to be escaped is in a For loop's 'command string' (above).
I installed GnuWin32 before, it had a Cygwin dependency (and other dlls) that UnxUtils doesn't have or need. As well it was a much larger install and I didn't see anything I wanted/needed beyond what UnxUtils already had.
Yes, I no longer compile MUDs these days thus have found (for the most part) I don't need a full Cygwin install anymore, as Gnu's UnxUtils distributed by google * has most all the functionality I need.
.tar file to upload to a webserver that refused to unpack a .rar in Cpanel: The --help for tar didn't even have a simple example, and I couldn't recall the proper args. I had to google it. Whereas any actual Windows CMD.exe command I can't recall usage on will have multiple examples of usage.
My main Windows interface is typically Total Commander, whereas in years past I'd be more inclined to be in a Cygwin command prompt.
Of note, I likely have done more scripting since leaving Cygwin behind. I also discovered some interesting ways of frankenmerging GAWK and CMD batch.
(*) A few extra (and updated) binaries that aren't found in the original Gnu UnxUtils.
I mentioned CMD.exe commands vs Linux as that was more a match for the discussion (I thought). I even ran into this recently, I had to make a
Google: Virtual Desktop
I've also seen Beta-software: Deskloops v2.0.1.0 (2007) - which tended to be somewhat buggy, but let you create Windows to contain other windows/apps.
More likely TaskBar customization will arise that allows customIcons to conain multiple apps/windows than a dated Tab implementation.
I use a custom google search. Experts-exchange.com is one of the domains I have permanently filtered out of any of my search results.
A significant amount of their content is lifted directly from Microsoft's KB articles, technet, etc. Other answers can usually be found elsewhere on reputable sites.
Total Deaths: 8567
I suppose therin lies the difference between MMO and MUDS or a real RPG. You'd never reach that many deaths in most MUDS or RPGs: your character would wind up perma-dead.
All one need to do is compare Microsoft's CMD.exe documentation to Linux Man Pages.
Drop into a command prompt; every single Batch command is fully detailed in both:
1) What flags do
2) Robust examples of usage.
While this may not be Windows-proper if you are going to compare Man pages to Windows documentation, at least compare it to the most similiar instance. CMD.exe help and help on command-line commands (/?) blows man-pages away.
And as other posters have noted there is so much duplication/mirroring of man-pages online that often it is difficult to find anything except that repeated information ad nauseum.
Or, loadhive.exe (~7kb) (that I downloaded earlier this year). In RegEdt32.exe's case, launch and click over to the HKLM or HKU window, then File/Load Hive and choose a registry.DAT (ie ntuser.dat in a user's home folder) to load. Make changes as needed, and File/Unload hive.
A reinterpretation of D&D 3.0/3.5 - I don't recall if it is the exact same OGL that D20 originally used. But it is a mostly open-gaming license. The Pathfinder Bestiary is currently #4 (bestseller) in Roleplaying Games on Amazon (#4,490 in Books). The Core Rulebook was in the Top 5 for quite a while as well - but Paizo underestimated demand and it sold out the first print run in August within the first couple weeks.
4 x 8 = 32, a little over $1 / bulb @ 34.79
I for one, am shocked, astounded, flabbergasted...surprised? er Not Surprised.
Oh come on, that's kinda harsh. Commodore64_love usually only posts 30 or 40 times in the topics (s)he gets involved in.
Why are there a gazillion different Linux distros...shouldn't they all just contribute to TheOneRealLinux.org instead of unnecessarily duplicating it?
...
In fact, linux should just go away and help contribute to Unix. Then they can call it:
Unix: The Real Linux.
Most of the music I listened to (in the younger ears) was cassette and CDs -- and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to accurately distinguish between my WAV (or lossless WavPack) files and the MP3s (encoded Q4|Q6 VBR Lame).
Though I haven't tested ripping/encoding any Classical Music or Les Mis.
Are you trying to actually be reasonable?
You are missing the main concepts here:
* RIAA is Evil: it represents money-making copyright Corps.
* Music is too Expensive: $15 Tapes in 1990; $15 CDs in 2009.
* All artists are shills and by association with the RIAA are evil by association.
* All CDs only have 1 or 2 good songs.
I'm pretty sure the same cannot be said of "early adopters" of original works released on 8-Track, Cassette or even CD's (discounting rare limited/special editions).
Comic's were a collectible format at one time as well and experienced a huge inflation of value in the early/mid 90s. This value quickly disappeared less than 10 years later; you'll find many of these books in 0.50c discount bins now and for the most part only the classics from the 30s thru to the 60s have retained any collectible value.
Is this some new (or old?) kind of Music Fan I've never heard of before?