I think you must just be shocked because slashdot is reporting news. It's rare, but I guess this article proves it can happen. There is not really a lot of corrolary between reporting news and condoning the stories' content unless explicitly stated, which it isn't, here.
I really wanted to buy a PS2 when I was console shopping but the old technology (in comparison to GCN and XBOX) was a major turn-off, especially since GCN and XBOX can be aquired for much cheaper than the PS2.
Can I have some of that crack? I don't think there was 1 factual statement in that sentence, except that the Cube is cheaper than PS/2 (PS/2 costs the same as XBox).
The technology is different, but not significantly "older" if you can even compare them that way.
Uh, since you can only slightly rotate the view (along any axis -- and it snaps back), it's basically still very 2D. What difference does it make if the game uses sprites or models? Except that models look better?
NVidia immidiately put out a rebuttal to these claims, and I'm not sure why they weren't reported along with this article. But, I guess I really can't say that I'm not used to biased or ignorant reporting from slashdot.
"Recently, there have been questions and some confusion regarding 3DMark 03 results obtained with certain Nvidia" products, Futuremark said in the statement. "We have now established that Nvidia's Detonator FX drivers contain certain detection mechanisms that cause an artificially high score when using 3DMark 03."
A representative at Nvidia questioned the validity of Futuremark's conclusions. "Since Nvidia is not part of the Futuremark beta program (a program which costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in), we do not get a chance to work with Futuremark on writing the shaders like we would with a real applications developer," the representative said. "We don't know what they did, but it looks like they have intentionally tried to create a scenario that makes our products look bad."
Oh god, help, my eyes, my fucking EYES. I came here from the main page and now I don't think I'll be able to see long enough to close my browser and go to the ER. This color scheme is the reason animals claw their eyes out.
Yeah, I play warcraft 3 on it every day. It's been rather trouble free -- good enough that I would pay a few bucks a month to play on it. Also note that they generate some revenue from it, since they run ads at the top. To your credit, I DO remember having lots of lag issues with Diablo 2.
I remember playing the beta unoficially, and I remember how hard it was to find games on the smaller servers. It just seems that since you can host a game over the LAN, there isn't a need to have a small personal battle.net. Sure there are some rare legit cases, but Blizzard obviously does not want it to happen because we all know that 95% of all of the servers would be for pirates.
I'm sorry, but you are wrong when you say it's horribly balanced. Some things could be tweaked to offer a broader variety of strategies, but everything has a counter. If this wasn't the case, the ladder stats would reflect this. All of the races are rather equally represented among the top ladder players.
Bdnet asked to use Blizzard's key authentication system and Blizzard said no.
People always rip on them for this, but seriously think about what the repurcussions would be. If they let one group have access, would they not have to let others? Also, the code for accessing these cd-key query servers would be open source. What would stop someone from easily writing a program to generate and check CD-Keys? Why don't you hand someone the keys to your private SQL database?
They always find a good balance. People with no skill often cry imbalance, instead of learning how to scout and counter what's coming. I find War3 far from boring -- there is a lot of depth and complexity and it takes a lot of skill to play the game well and come out with a decent winning percentage.
Hmm well if they block bnet ports, that probably means they don't want you wasting network traffic playing games. So, it would be a violation of your Universities AUP anyway. So, it's probably good that you can't play, instead of getting banned from using the Internet.
How is stealing honest? You can set up LAN games. You can play on Battle.net with thousands of other players. There is not really 1 single good, legal use for bnetd, and you fucking know it.
You are so right. I play war3 every single day, as do many people I know. There are 4 or 5 realms across the globe, each with thousands of people on at any given time. It's an amazing game that people are quick to discredit. It really is very deep -- try playing online until you don't get smoked.
Um, it's not a reference to that show at all. It has been around since around the time of the original Quake's birth.. primarily as a Quake news site. It has since blossomed into an excellent overall gaming news site with probably the most intelligent gaming discussions you'll find on the Internet.
Slashdot Mirror
I think you must just be shocked because slashdot is reporting news . It's rare, but I guess this article proves it can happen. There is not really a lot of corrolary between reporting news and condoning the stories' content unless explicitly stated, which it isn't, here.
into a new slashdot section called ...
nobodycares.slashdot.org
I didn't think it was that bad at all. I have it on DVD =/
I really wanted to buy a PS2 when I was console shopping but the old technology (in comparison to GCN and XBOX) was a major turn-off, especially since GCN and XBOX can be aquired for much cheaper than the PS2.
Can I have some of that crack? I don't think there was 1 factual statement in that sentence, except that the Cube is cheaper than PS/2 (PS/2 costs the same as XBox).
The technology is different, but not significantly "older" if you can even compare them that way.
Uh, since you can only slightly rotate the view (along any axis -- and it snaps back), it's basically still very 2D. What difference does it make if the game uses sprites or models? Except that models look better?
Wait, you actually ENJOYED NwN? Hmmm. I'm a huge bioware fanboy but I was TERRIBLY let down... Maybe I just need to play more custom mods.
NVidia immidiately put out a rebuttal to these claims, and I'm not sure why they weren't reported along with this article. But, I guess I really can't say that I'm not used to biased or ignorant reporting from slashdot.
From Bluesnews (from an unlinked CNet article):
"Recently, there have been questions and some confusion regarding 3DMark 03 results obtained with certain Nvidia" products, Futuremark said in the statement. "We have now established that Nvidia's Detonator FX drivers contain certain detection mechanisms that cause an artificially high score when using 3DMark 03."
A representative at Nvidia questioned the validity of Futuremark's conclusions. "Since Nvidia is not part of the Futuremark beta program (a program which costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in), we do not get a chance to work with Futuremark on writing the shaders like we would with a real applications developer," the representative said. "We don't know what they did, but it looks like they have intentionally tried to create a scenario that makes our products look bad."
Oh god, help, my eyes, my fucking EYES. I came here from the main page and now I don't think I'll be able to see long enough to close my browser and go to the ER. This color scheme is the reason animals claw their eyes out.
I'd reckon it's Ultima Online, but I am curious also.
Two thoughts:
1) Name him BeOS and kill him.
2) Name him OS/2 and sell him to crazy people.
Ok, time to spell it out.
The pun comes from the different sense of the word copy between "copy editor" and "copied [article]".
Der?
You're attempt at a paradox has failed. I decline your beer. Email me for my shipping address =/
Who's bright idea was it to market to the unemployed? Isn't that sort of a bad target audience?
Yeah, I play warcraft 3 on it every day. It's been rather trouble free -- good enough that I would pay a few bucks a month to play on it. Also note that they generate some revenue from it, since they run ads at the top. To your credit, I DO remember having lots of lag issues with Diablo 2.
I remember playing the beta unoficially, and I remember how hard it was to find games on the smaller servers. It just seems that since you can host a game over the LAN, there isn't a need to have a small personal battle.net. Sure there are some rare legit cases, but Blizzard obviously does not want it to happen because we all know that 95% of all of the servers would be for pirates.
I'm sorry, but you are wrong when you say it's horribly balanced. Some things could be tweaked to offer a broader variety of strategies, but everything has a counter. If this wasn't the case, the ladder stats would reflect this. All of the races are rather equally represented among the top ladder players.
It's definitely a multiplayer beta to help get the balance and bugs taken care of.
Bdnet asked to use Blizzard's key authentication system and Blizzard said no.
People always rip on them for this, but seriously think about what the repurcussions would be. If they let one group have access, would they not have to let others? Also, the code for accessing these cd-key query servers would be open source. What would stop someone from easily writing a program to generate and check CD-Keys? Why don't you hand someone the keys to your private SQL database?
They always find a good balance. People with no skill often cry imbalance, instead of learning how to scout and counter what's coming. I find War3 far from boring -- there is a lot of depth and complexity and it takes a lot of skill to play the game well and come out with a decent winning percentage.
Battle.net is NOT slow at all. You must have some shitty Internet connection. Stop whining about your small ePenis.
Hmm well if they block bnet ports, that probably means they don't want you wasting network traffic playing games. So, it would be a violation of your Universities AUP anyway. So, it's probably good that you can't play, instead of getting banned from using the Internet.
How is stealing honest? You can set up LAN games. You can play on Battle.net with thousands of other players. There is not really 1 single good, legal use for bnetd, and you fucking know it.
You are so right. I play war3 every single day, as do many people I know. There are 4 or 5 realms across the globe, each with thousands of people on at any given time. It's an amazing game that people are quick to discredit. It really is very deep -- try playing online until you don't get smoked.
not to mention older than my grandmother.
Not sure about naval units since I am only on the 5th campaign mission, but I sure as hell just did a lot of carpet bombing.
Um, it's not a reference to that show at all. It has been around since around the time of the original Quake's birth.. primarily as a Quake news site. It has since blossomed into an excellent overall gaming news site with probably the most intelligent gaming discussions you'll find on the Internet.