Yeah, it sounds like 64 kbps, which is crunchy. Anything with cymbols gives me a headache. I spent a good amount of money on my audio system, and can't bare to listen to those crackling treble hits any more!
There's no such buffer. You'll hear the gap. In order for a buffer to exist, it would have to be on-demand streaming. Satellite Radio uses a broadcast method instead, to minimize bandwidth usage. You only hear what you can catch. The broadcast doesn't wait for you. You simply cannot recieve the bits you missed while under a tree. No sized buffer fixes this.
The problem is, that it could be ligitimate. Are you the judge and jury? Don't let something set a precedent that could affect our legal freedoms as well.
I agree, though, the rules should apply to everyone. Everyone deserves to be treated with basic respect, in my opinion.
I agree. I've got nothing against any race. I grew up in a diverse area, and I think it's normal. Some people in the North Eastern US where I am now (say, northern NH and Maine) don't see many colors other than white, and they get nervous around.. *other colors*.
But if the rules applied to everyone, then that means that not only can I not call black people the "n" word (which would *AND* should get me a beat down), but black people gotta stop calling me cracker. I mean seriously.
I show respect to all people that I meet. But I swear, if another bra-burning man-hater decides equality is 65% theirs, I just don't know what to do.
Anyway, the best way to insult somebody is to avoid the stereotypes. Calling Bush a monkey is funny cause it's true. Calling Obama a monkey is a racial slur. Call obama a clown or something that has no current connection with his race, and you're clear. That's why we can call white people porch monkeys.... no no it's ok. I'm taking it back.
I usually play friends, but I'm not picky. I just hate FPS's and find older games focus more on fun and playability than any of that crap that's out these days.
Google identified the pirate locations based on the ships themselves! If you zoom in on one, such as Attack ID: 2008/187 You can actually see the pirate ship, and somebody walking the plank! (Just above puerto la cruz)
That's my point- it doesn't offer benefits at all. It does offer a difference, however.
I'm arguing that the claim aero made Vista is false. Vista is different than XP in tons of other ways as well. Not better, just different. Mostly worse.
But to claim without aero, it's not vista, is just plainly false. If, without aero, the software ran better, faster, less hangups, and more compatible, I'd say that then, without Aero, it's not actually vista. Now you have an argument.
But the things that make Vista special are true in all versions: -It's slow It's incompatible with EVERYTHING -It's a resource hog.
I fail to see how Aero makes any difference.
The claim is that MS changed their internal standards from AERO capable to just plain basic capable. As far as I'm concerned, Being vista capable means just that. Vista also supports tons of features that I can't take advantage of without particular hardware. I can't use the floppy disk capabilities without a floppy drive. I can't take advantage. I can't take advantage of the extras and bitlocker without upgrading to the Ultimate Edition.
So the fact that Aero was people's favorite feature does not in fact prove that it was in fact what made vista "vista." And therefore anything labeled Vista capable doesn't neccessarily need to run a particular feature to still be vista. People just liked the eye candy and didn't research before purchasing.
Only on an MS bashing site are people claiming something illegal may have happened. Unethical? Probably. Not done with customers in mind, of course. Enough to make you switch to linux or max, absolutely. I certainly don't trust them after this.
But to say their marketing tricked everyone, as opposed to the fact- people wanted to believe the cheapest gave them all the features, and decided not to inform themselves before buying? That's just stupid.
I've tried every type of compatibility mode, and running as administrator, and all the good stuff. Some games will blank the screen and freeze, some games plainly won't work. I've had a helluva time trying them all. Overall, I don't care. I upgraded back to xp, and life is good again. I like it when things just work, ya know?
Although it seems misleading.. Vista Basic is still vista. Why is this still going on?
Because people feel like Aero was a major selling feature? And that without Aero, Vista is not distinguisable from XP? I'd say that the difference is major, and is very much public knowledge, much to Microsoft's chagrin.
So what's the argument? That MS's ad campaign led you to believe anything over the "vista-sucks" hype? I don't think so.
Geez, I've got a stack of old classics that I can't play on vista, for various reasons. Some are 32-bit that just don't work for unknown reasons. Some are 16-bit. Some are DOS, some are windows. Just about none of them work in vista.
Except Atomic Bomberman... One of my favorites. Atomic Bomberman actually runs in vista, for reasons unknown... Except the whole fun of Atomic Bomberman is the multiplayer, which you need the IPX protocol for, and guess what they left out of vista?? DAMN!
Right, because they want to make sure not to punish any employees who were not acting unethically. Once they determine who did what, they'll probably fire the bad ones, and possibly take legal action against them..
Er, huh? Is there some sort of FPS-RTS dichtomy I'm unaware of? There are tons of other genres you can play if you don't like FPSes.
Yeah, I also play the Myst games, and a few random others. But RTS really have me hooked these days...
Considering previous console RTSes were just ports of PC games with worse controls that's no surprise, this game is designed for the console and its controls.
True- but who believes that? Very few who have already been burned on console RTS games...
There's already a massive overlap between console and PC releases. Halo is Microsoft's "killer app" franchise, they use it to push their console first and foremost. That's why you don't see much PC support, the series is meant to sell XBoxes. What good would it be as a console seller if you could just get it on the PC?
I know what you're saying, but it doesn't make me less disgruntled.
Too funny! I am in love with RTS games - in fact, I can't stand how boring FPS games have become, so I'm primarly an RTS gamer... and I have NO interest in buying a bloody console because of the controls.
My roommate has a 360, and no matter how much I try to play with the controller (GTA4 recently, but some FPSs as well) I just don't have the speed and accuracy I would with a mouse + keyboard.
The fact is, I can't wait for GTA4 to come out on PC solely because it will be a completely different game on PC due to controls.
So releasing what looks like a very promising RTS.. on a console only? They must realize that their entire fanbase are on PC, right? I mean, seriously- None of my XBOX friends care for RTS games...
What a big middle finger. I'm sick of people treating PC gamers as second class citizens. The amount of time it took for HALO 2 to be released on PC was disgusting. I went ahead and voted with my wallet. I haven't purchased a halo game since halo 1.
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The perfect place for people with cop fetishes. Sign me up. I'll spend a night in "prison," lock me up!
Yeah, it sounds like 64 kbps, which is crunchy. Anything with cymbols gives me a headache. I spent a good amount of money on my audio system, and can't bare to listen to those crackling treble hits any more!
There's no such buffer. You'll hear the gap. In order for a buffer to exist, it would have to be on-demand streaming. Satellite Radio uses a broadcast method instead, to minimize bandwidth usage. You only hear what you can catch. The broadcast doesn't wait for you. You simply cannot recieve the bits you missed while under a tree. No sized buffer fixes this.
The problem is, that it could be ligitimate. Are you the judge and jury? Don't let something set a precedent that could affect our legal freedoms as well.
If you used a proxy or TOR, it's very easy to use many IP addresses, once each. Never to be repeated.
I agree, though, the rules should apply to everyone. Everyone deserves to be treated with basic respect, in my opinion.
I agree. I've got nothing against any race. I grew up in a diverse area, and I think it's normal. Some people in the North Eastern US where I am now (say, northern NH and Maine) don't see many colors other than white, and they get nervous around.. *other colors*.
... no no it's ok. I'm taking it back.
But if the rules applied to everyone, then that means that not only can I not call black people the "n" word (which would *AND* should get me a beat down), but black people gotta stop calling me cracker. I mean seriously.
I show respect to all people that I meet. But I swear, if another bra-burning man-hater decides equality is 65% theirs, I just don't know what to do.
Anyway, the best way to insult somebody is to avoid the stereotypes. Calling Bush a monkey is funny cause it's true. Calling Obama a monkey is a racial slur. Call obama a clown or something that has no current connection with his race, and you're clear. That's why we can call white people porch monkeys.
I usually play friends, but I'm not picky. I just hate FPS's and find older games focus more on fun and playability than any of that crap that's out these days.
So far poking a badger with a titanium spork is still orignal, however.
AH.. now you ruined it. No longer original.
Google identified the pirate locations based on the ships themselves! If you zoom in on one, such as Attack ID: 2008/187 You can actually see the pirate ship, and somebody walking the plank! (Just above puerto la cruz)
So maybe we've come across the point of the argument. They need more pictures of floppy disks.
He poked a badger with a spoon...
Does that count?
That's my point- it doesn't offer benefits at all. It does offer a difference, however.
I'm arguing that the claim aero made Vista is false. Vista is different than XP in tons of other ways as well. Not better, just different. Mostly worse.
But to claim without aero, it's not vista, is just plainly false. If, without aero, the software ran better, faster, less hangups, and more compatible, I'd say that then, without Aero, it's not actually vista. Now you have an argument.
But the things that make Vista special are true in all versions:
-It's slow
It's incompatible with EVERYTHING
-It's a resource hog.
I fail to see how Aero makes any difference.
The claim is that MS changed their internal standards from AERO capable to just plain basic capable. As far as I'm concerned, Being vista capable means just that. Vista also supports tons of features that I can't take advantage of without particular hardware. I can't use the floppy disk capabilities without a floppy drive. I can't take advantage. I can't take advantage of the extras and bitlocker without upgrading to the Ultimate Edition.
So the fact that Aero was people's favorite feature does not in fact prove that it was in fact what made vista "vista." And therefore anything labeled Vista capable doesn't neccessarily need to run a particular feature to still be vista. People just liked the eye candy and didn't research before purchasing.
Only on an MS bashing site are people claiming something illegal may have happened. Unethical? Probably. Not done with customers in mind, of course. Enough to make you switch to linux or max, absolutely. I certainly don't trust them after this.
But to say their marketing tricked everyone, as opposed to the fact- people wanted to believe the cheapest gave them all the features, and decided not to inform themselves before buying? That's just stupid.
I've tried every type of compatibility mode, and running as administrator, and all the good stuff. Some games will blank the screen and freeze, some games plainly won't work. I've had a helluva time trying them all. Overall, I don't care. I upgraded back to xp, and life is good again. I like it when things just work, ya know?
I mean distinguishable, not sure how that other.. uh .. word happened.
Although it seems misleading.. Vista Basic is still vista. Why is this still going on?
Because people feel like Aero was a major selling feature? And that without Aero, Vista is not distinguisable from XP? I'd say that the difference is major, and is very much public knowledge, much to Microsoft's chagrin.
So what's the argument? That MS's ad campaign led you to believe anything over the "vista-sucks" hype? I don't think so.
for the dos games, yes. For the old windows games.. nope..
Geez, I've got a stack of old classics that I can't play on vista, for various reasons. Some are 32-bit that just don't work for unknown reasons. Some are 16-bit. Some are DOS, some are windows. Just about none of them work in vista.
Except Atomic Bomberman... One of my favorites. Atomic Bomberman actually runs in vista, for reasons unknown... Except the whole fun of Atomic Bomberman is the multiplayer, which you need the IPX protocol for, and guess what they left out of vista?? DAMN!
The point is- stick with xp, or wine.
Right, because they want to make sure not to punish any employees who were not acting unethically. Once they determine who did what, they'll probably fire the bad ones, and possibly take legal action against them..
Underground- or... the RIAA will start calling their favorite congress critter with "honey, there's a problem with Bobby at school..."
Right. But then try selling that disc that you purchased... and now you can't. Because you didn't buy a disc. You bought a "license" to use the game.
But try excersizing that license if your disc breaks. You can't, because it wasn't a "license," it was a copy of a game you purchased.
But you couldn't back it up? Oh, yes, because the corporation is just being legally dilligent. That must be it.
Funny. I clicked on comments and searched for the word "wolfman" just to make sure I wasn't the only one.
Er, huh? Is there some sort of FPS-RTS dichtomy I'm unaware of? There are tons of other genres you can play if you don't like FPSes.
Yeah, I also play the Myst games, and a few random others. But RTS really have me hooked these days...
Considering previous console RTSes were just ports of PC games with worse controls that's no surprise, this game is designed for the console and its controls.
True- but who believes that? Very few who have already been burned on console RTS games...
There's already a massive overlap between console and PC releases. Halo is Microsoft's "killer app" franchise, they use it to push their console first and foremost. That's why you don't see much PC support, the series is meant to sell XBoxes. What good would it be as a console seller if you could just get it on the PC?
I know what you're saying, but it doesn't make me less disgruntled.
Too funny! I am in love with RTS games - in fact, I can't stand how boring FPS games have become, so I'm primarly an RTS gamer... and I have NO interest in buying a bloody console because of the controls.
.. on a console only? They must realize that their entire fanbase are on PC, right? I mean, seriously- None of my XBOX friends care for RTS games...
My roommate has a 360, and no matter how much I try to play with the controller (GTA4 recently, but some FPSs as well) I just don't have the speed and accuracy I would with a mouse + keyboard.
The fact is, I can't wait for GTA4 to come out on PC solely because it will be a completely different game on PC due to controls.
So releasing what looks like a very promising RTS
What a big middle finger. I'm sick of people treating PC gamers as second class citizens. The amount of time it took for HALO 2 to be released on PC was disgusting. I went ahead and voted with my wallet. I haven't purchased a halo game since halo 1.
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