I'm saying, once I get into a movie, I don't notice the difference, and it hasn't made movies any more enjoyable.
Still frames, sure, looks great. Nature shows, look awesome generally. But movies and TV shows? Yeah, it's more detailed if I look, but I'm usually paying attention to the show itself, not the details.
Lawerence of Arabia was actually shot in 70mm. It was fairly amazing quality. But I stil stand by my original statement that once you're really into the movie you don't really notice it that much, and I didn't "enjoy" the movie any more because of the quality of the picture, over standard definition. It was a very enjoyable movie anyways.
Fifth Element was Super 35mm. Don't know what they might have done otherwise.
It looks nice, but unless I'm TRYING to look for the extra detail, I generally don't notice it.
I've watched a few high def movies; compared Lawrence of Arabia in HD format to SD format, and yes the detail is much crisper - that is, the leaves on the trees in the opening scene are discernable. I also watched Fifth Element in HD, but I've seen it several times before and the being HD didn't really look any different.
My in-laws bought a digital camera and a printer from Newegg, on my recommendation.
The box that the camera was supposed to be in arrived sealed and empty - the actual shipping carton had only peanuts and a packing slip, no boxed camera. Newegg denied they ever ship out empty boxes, and it took hours on the phone before they finally relented and sent a replacement camera, they acted like my wife's parents were trying to scam a second camera from them.
*tunes musical instrument* To the tune of "I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little paladin, short and stout! Here is my hammer, and my free mount! When I get in trouble, hear me shout! Just throw up my shield, and hearthstone out!
Search on google and you will find users who have upgraded their hardware, or who have had a laptop that had to be repaired, have started getting the "Your copy is not legitimate" notifications. Some have called Microsoft and are being told to buy another copy. One person even bought a copy at a store, shrinkwrapped, that was 'not legitimate', and was told to buy another.
The issue is not when they turn off pirated copies; the issue is if they turn off legitimate copies. Given the amount of trouble reported with WGA reporting legit copies of WinXP as non-legitimate, this could be a very serious issue. People who have paid for and have a legal license may find their copy of WinXP will stop working, and Microsoft's advice to customers affected by WGA erroneously reporting a copy of XP as non-legit, has been to tell the customer to go buy a new copy.
First 1942, the the Desert Combat mod, and now Battlefield 2 (lets not talk about BF:V).
Been hooked on this series since the day it came out, and play it regularly, usually about 10-12 hours/week.
No other game gets my adrenaline up like this one can, and gives me the variety of play I crave. What do I feel like doing this respawn? Take a tank to support the attack? Make a fast assault in a humvee or truck with a couple squadmates? Join in a defense of a flag as a medic or assault? Go sniper and sneak around the periphery or find a good concealed point? Blow up the enemy artillery? Take a plane and attack from the sky, or ride along and drop laser guided bombs? Ride in a helicopter and see where the pilot goes? So many options.
Considering this same team took 3 years to do Oblivion and didnt really show much until the last year of development, it really shouldn't be all that surprising. Don't expect to see much until next E3 at the earliest.
I can't agree enough; NOD32 is superior to anything else I have used. We use it on all our computers at home, I had my mom get it, and every friend who I have convinced to give the 30 day demo a try, has ditched whatever they were using and bought it.
It's low impact on system resources, extremely effective, and they update frequently. It catches stuff Norton/McAfee don't bother with - things not quite 'viruses' but not exactly good for you either (such as intrusive activex controls and the like).
From what I've seen and heard, its not a tossing motion, but a snapping motion; you just need to snap the controller forward like you were snapping a whip, rather than arcing it over your shoulder.
Except the post I responded to used "backups" in quotes, and referred to the cost of the setup ($300) paying itself off through 5-6 "backups". $300 / 5 = $60... the post was implying software piracy.
Oh might as well add - as someone who grew up in Wisconsin, I hunted, but I ate whatever I shot... man do I love venison... but I hate trophy hunters as well.
On the flip side, as another poster said - grizzlies are tough SOBs, and can be easily aggravated, and Polar bears will attack humans without provocation (grizzlies tend to leave people alone if you keep your distance and dont give in to their threats and try running away). Mix them, and what do you get?
Grizzly-polar bear mixes are dangerous for both breeds; its a DNA cross contamination that, if it occured more frequently, would water down both breeds.
It is sad that a fairly unique creature is killed. It is not like the hunter was out hunting grizzly-polar mixes, he was hunting polar bears. But it is also most likely a type of creature that should be taken out of the habitat if there is any interest in protected the breeds. It probably never would have been spotted if it hadn't been shot; it required close examination to identify it... the kind you don't do to a living and awake polar bear (nor the kind of examination anyone apparently though was necessary to do)
No thanks. Even if it isn't as harmful as people say (I hadnt had problems with it on a game that used it - Still Life; but that doesnt mean it wasn't causing problems I wasnt aware of), they have shown their true colors by deliberately promoting piracy of products that don't use it (Stardock's Galactic Civilization II).
I refuse to purchase titles that use, and thereby support, Starforce.
I'm still waiting for Battlefield 2 to get patched to a more stable state before I plan on buying it.
If you had bought it, you would have noticed that it's been very stable for about 9 months, and EXTREMELY well balanced for about 3 months now (since the patch that improved anti-air missiles). Balance was only a problem in the first couple months; a recent balance patch fixed the last remaining significant balance issues (all the remaining balance issues tend to come down to player preference more than a real balance problem).
I play it for an avg of an hour every night, some weeks 2 hours, and have absolutely no crashes or problems with it (it was never unstable for me anyways).
Except that the PC can use the wired Xbox360 controller (it's standard USB; Windows XP recognizes it as "Xbox360 Wired Controller for Windows")... so the 360 version doesn't even win the controller aspect:)
I bought the PC version myself, but heres why my friends with 360s (I have one as well, so it was an option should I have taken it) got the 360 version:
1. Playing it on a 40, 50, or in one case, 60" TV, on their couch. 2. Running it at excellent graphical settings, in HD, on a video game system that costs about as much as a graphics card that can match the performance.
I do get the problem with my speakers at work; generally when someone walks past with a cell phone, sometimes from my own.
I also have problems with ticking sound on my headphones and speakers, which run through an amplifier (Surround sound headphones). This is directly linked to wireless being enabled on my wireless router. In this case, placing an empty foil snack bag (like a lays chips or quaker rice snacks bag) over the small headphone amplifier box fixed it for me. I guess that the box isn't well shielded, if at all.
I have both a DS and a PSP; I had the PSP since launch day, and only recently picked up the DS. I have found the PSP's games to be flashy and higher tech than DS games, but totally lacking in substance. The majority of games are bland and just not fun. The DS may not quite have the graphical capability of the PSP, although it is no slouch, but it has a much larger selection of more enjoyable games, and the (optional) touchscreen completely changes the perception of the gameplay, for the better.
Assuming that this is the exact same silicon, now that they have recouped investment, these low end chips may be from piles of accumulated failed chips; chips where only half the shader units passed tests, or where it only operated properly at half speed.
Working on the assumption that, like some other chips (AMD comes to mind), the features on a chip are enabled after a set of tests are run on it, or are enabled in-chip after passing some internal test, it is reasonable to assume that these are from the same silicon as the high end chips, but are faulty in some way, but not faulty enough that they can't be used. I imagine thats the difference between the 7800 GT/GTX - the GT had several (but not too many) failed shader units, and/or operated stably at a bit less speed than the minimum required for GTX classification.
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I never denied a quality difference.
I'm saying, once I get into a movie, I don't notice the difference, and it hasn't made movies any more enjoyable.
Still frames, sure, looks great. Nature shows, look awesome generally. But movies and TV shows? Yeah, it's more detailed if I look, but I'm usually paying attention to the show itself, not the details.
So in that respect, I find it to be overrated.
Lawerence of Arabia was actually shot in 70mm. It was fairly amazing quality. But I stil stand by my original statement that once you're really into the movie you don't really notice it that much, and I didn't "enjoy" the movie any more because of the quality of the picture, over standard definition. It was a very enjoyable movie anyways.
Fifth Element was Super 35mm. Don't know what they might have done otherwise.
At least for movies.
It looks nice, but unless I'm TRYING to look for the extra detail, I generally don't notice it.
I've watched a few high def movies; compared Lawrence of Arabia in HD format to SD format, and yes the detail is much crisper - that is, the leaves on the trees in the opening scene are discernable. I also watched Fifth Element in HD, but I've seen it several times before and the being HD didn't really look any different.
My in-laws bought a digital camera and a printer from Newegg, on my recommendation.
The box that the camera was supposed to be in arrived sealed and empty - the actual shipping carton had only peanuts and a packing slip, no boxed camera. Newegg denied they ever ship out empty boxes, and it took hours on the phone before they finally relented and sent a replacement camera, they acted like my wife's parents were trying to scam a second camera from them.
*tunes musical instrument* To the tune of "I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little paladin, short and stout! Here is my hammer, and my free mount!
When I get in trouble, hear me shout! Just throw up my shield, and hearthstone out!
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week...
It's already happening.
Search on google and you will find users who have upgraded their hardware, or who have had a laptop that had to be repaired, have started getting the "Your copy is not legitimate" notifications. Some have called Microsoft and are being told to buy another copy. One person even bought a copy at a store, shrinkwrapped, that was 'not legitimate', and was told to buy another.
The issue is not when they turn off pirated copies; the issue is if they turn off legitimate copies. Given the amount of trouble reported with WGA reporting legit copies of WinXP as non-legitimate, this could be a very serious issue. People who have paid for and have a legal license may find their copy of WinXP will stop working, and Microsoft's advice to customers affected by WGA erroneously reporting a copy of XP as non-legit, has been to tell the customer to go buy a new copy.
Sounds like living in california!
First 1942, the the Desert Combat mod, and now Battlefield 2 (lets not talk about BF:V).
Been hooked on this series since the day it came out, and play it regularly, usually about 10-12 hours/week.
No other game gets my adrenaline up like this one can, and gives me the variety of play I crave. What do I feel like doing this respawn? Take a tank to support the attack? Make a fast assault in a humvee or truck with a couple squadmates? Join in a defense of a flag as a medic or assault? Go sniper and sneak around the periphery or find a good concealed point? Blow up the enemy artillery? Take a plane and attack from the sky, or ride along and drop laser guided bombs? Ride in a helicopter and see where the pilot goes? So many options.
You mean constant in-fighting, bickering, political maneuvering, ego-driven decisions and backstabbing?
Because thats pretty much how the people in charge of the company run it. Nobody in their right mind should want to be in a senior position at Id.
Quake 4 was done by Raven, of Hexen/Heretic/Soldier of Fortune fame.
Considering this same team took 3 years to do Oblivion and didnt really show much until the last year of development, it really shouldn't be all that surprising. Don't expect to see much until next E3 at the earliest.
I can't agree enough; NOD32 is superior to anything else I have used. We use it on all our computers at home, I had my mom get it, and every friend who I have convinced to give the 30 day demo a try, has ditched whatever they were using and bought it.
It's low impact on system resources, extremely effective, and they update frequently. It catches stuff Norton/McAfee don't bother with - things not quite 'viruses' but not exactly good for you either (such as intrusive activex controls and the like).
From what I've seen and heard, its not a tossing motion, but a snapping motion; you just need to snap the controller forward like you were snapping a whip, rather than arcing it over your shoulder.
Except the post I responded to used "backups" in quotes, and referred to the cost of the setup ($300) paying itself off through 5-6 "backups". $300 / 5 = $60... the post was implying software piracy.
5 to 6 backups, and your ethics. Small price to pay, eh?
Oh might as well add - as someone who grew up in Wisconsin, I hunted, but I ate whatever I shot... man do I love venison... but I hate trophy hunters as well.
On the flip side, as another poster said - grizzlies are tough SOBs, and can be easily aggravated, and Polar bears will attack humans without provocation (grizzlies tend to leave people alone if you keep your distance and dont give in to their threats and try running away). Mix them, and what do you get?
Grizzly-polar bear mixes are dangerous for both breeds; its a DNA cross contamination that, if it occured more frequently, would water down both breeds.
It is sad that a fairly unique creature is killed. It is not like the hunter was out hunting grizzly-polar mixes, he was hunting polar bears. But it is also most likely a type of creature that should be taken out of the habitat if there is any interest in protected the breeds. It probably never would have been spotted if it hadn't been shot; it required close examination to identify it... the kind you don't do to a living and awake polar bear (nor the kind of examination anyone apparently though was necessary to do)
I assume the shipping title does too.
No thanks. Even if it isn't as harmful as people say (I hadnt had problems with it on a game that used it - Still Life; but that doesnt mean it wasn't causing problems I wasnt aware of), they have shown their true colors by deliberately promoting piracy of products that don't use it (Stardock's Galactic Civilization II).
I refuse to purchase titles that use, and thereby support, Starforce.
If you had bought it, you would have noticed that it's been very stable for about 9 months, and EXTREMELY well balanced for about 3 months now (since the patch that improved anti-air missiles). Balance was only a problem in the first couple months; a recent balance patch fixed the last remaining significant balance issues (all the remaining balance issues tend to come down to player preference more than a real balance problem).
I play it for an avg of an hour every night, some weeks 2 hours, and have absolutely no crashes or problems with it (it was never unstable for me anyways).
Except that the PC can use the wired Xbox360 controller (it's standard USB; Windows XP recognizes it as "Xbox360 Wired Controller for Windows")... so the 360 version doesn't even win the controller aspect :)
I bought the PC version myself, but heres why my friends with 360s (I have one as well, so it was an option should I have taken it) got the 360 version:
1. Playing it on a 40, 50, or in one case, 60" TV, on their couch.
2. Running it at excellent graphical settings, in HD, on a video game system that costs about as much as a graphics card that can match the performance.
I do get the problem with my speakers at work; generally when someone walks past with a cell phone, sometimes from my own.
I also have problems with ticking sound on my headphones and speakers, which run through an amplifier (Surround sound headphones). This is directly linked to wireless being enabled on my wireless router. In this case, placing an empty foil snack bag (like a lays chips or quaker rice snacks bag) over the small headphone amplifier box fixed it for me. I guess that the box isn't well shielded, if at all.
I have both a DS and a PSP; I had the PSP since launch day, and only recently picked up the DS. I have found the PSP's games to be flashy and higher tech than DS games, but totally lacking in substance. The majority of games are bland and just not fun. The DS may not quite have the graphical capability of the PSP, although it is no slouch, but it has a much larger selection of more enjoyable games, and the (optional) touchscreen completely changes the perception of the gameplay, for the better.
US citizens, however, are free to model nuclear weapons to their hearts' desire. Until Homeland Security shows up.
Assuming that this is the exact same silicon, now that they have recouped investment, these low end chips may be from piles of accumulated failed chips; chips where only half the shader units passed tests, or where it only operated properly at half speed.
Working on the assumption that, like some other chips (AMD comes to mind), the features on a chip are enabled after a set of tests are run on it, or are enabled in-chip after passing some internal test, it is reasonable to assume that these are from the same silicon as the high end chips, but are faulty in some way, but not faulty enough that they can't be used. I imagine thats the difference between the 7800 GT/GTX - the GT had several (but not too many) failed shader units, and/or operated stably at a bit less speed than the minimum required for GTX classification.