The funny thing is that ubuntu requires it when you change somethign dramatically on your computer/settings, and vista requires it for everything, including but not limited to: firefox addons, running an updater, opening a package from an unknown source (aka usb-stick).
If i had gotten a nickle every time i had to put a file onto my brother's pc and run it then click ok on the UAC, i'd be rich by now.
was a very good game, and i think it's very good it is cross-platformed.
What i WOULD hate, tough, is duke nukem forever coming out (if it comes out) on xbox 360 only. It'd be like forcing all xbox players to use mouse and keyboard to play games.
of games that i think are not worth the money.
I have my good old version of unreal tournament and unreal tournament 2004, i still play both. They stay fun. I have not pirated the newest version (ut 3) but when the time coems that it finally drops into a decent price (like 20-30$) i'll just go out and buy. Games that are worth the money simply don't get pirated. I even pirate movies, and the movies that actually are a hit to me always end up legally in my dvd-storage.
As for DRM, i outright hate it. Basic things like a serial are fine for me, but let's take doom 3 for an example. The first few times i joined an online server, i got bored quickly and went for a new server. "key already in use" - game crash. When i restarted the game i had the joy of typing in my key again. Great.
IF you use a key as means of protecting, it doesn't require a cd/dvd, it's at a fair price and it's a good game, then noone will pirate it, or, if they pirate it they will probably have a legal version sitting in their shelf anyway.
Lastly games are supposed to have good gameplay, these days developers are edging towards the insanity of graphics. I for one don't follow this trend - instead i play the gameplay-oriented games.
Ever heard of deamon tools/alcohol 120%? Might be handy for you, sicne it allows you to make a LEGAL copy of the cd to just put onto your laptop.
Yes, it's legal, as long as you don't spread the ffile.
Seriously, Italy and Belgium are the only countries in europe that have a monthly limit. Why stop the small ones? the bigger oens are in countries that offer the golden standard of UNLIMITED broadband a month, at a fixed speed.
Just look at it... xp has been killed off in it's prime, microsoft's doing.
They released the abomination called vista and tried (and are trying) to force us to use it by, for example, killing xp
Honestly, i use xp for games, but whenever i get a pc that isn't for games, linux it is.
Same here. i have two old computers for people who know squat about IT. The xp hadn't been reinstalled for 8 years or so and i didn't want them to use na illegal version (they have the habit of pressing "update now"). Thus ubuntu went onto it. Even they got used to it.
I disagree, vista may work fine on your computer but it works VERY poor on the machines made to "be capable" of running vista.
I think the biggest mistake of mcirosoft was to FORCE people into using vista, instead of giving them the opportunity and slowly adapting. They took away OEM xp's, so now everyone who's looking for a cheap pc (in other words; not capable of vista, or barely) are stuck with vista.
SL will never be replaced, just like WOW is the best MMORPG and not changing. They're too big, too old, to developed to be exchanged with something new.
I think IT would be the perfect job for me. I'm very interersted in it, and next year, i'm going into network management, wich is more about computer hard- and software then just networks;).
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A variety of countries, including the United States and China, but also India, Europe, and Japan, have either sent robotic probes into lunar orbit or are on the verge of doing so."
And since when is Europe a country?
I recently installed linux on my p, unfortunately i deleted my entire partition (must have done something wrong ^^), includign windows. Since i'm a gamer, that was bad:P.
But now my other pc, a very old system, runs linux. It boots and runs twice as fast compared to when it had XP.
Especially xonsiderign the cost of xp and mcirosoft forcing people to buy vista, i'm a linux fan from now on. Just too bad linux can't really run the games, but who knows what's on the horizon:)
Okay, this is plain ridicilous. IF the company has forensic evidence that person downloaded the game, that means they hacked his computer one way or the other, making them liable for a 2000$ or more fee. IF they don't, they could be sued themselves, for the cost of the lawyers etc. involved. One way or the other, that company is screwed unless both sides decide to let it go.
If it's remote control, why would they postpone the project for 10-20 years? Because the pilot wanted to make a joke? i highly doubt it. That thing was fully automated.
using it in actual operations would be pretty stupid... It'd be a matter of time before it gets blasted apart by an enemy. The losses are only worth it if it actually helps in battle.
They're just so stupid... The only way to actually test this is NOT to put it next to humans, armed and ready.
It should have been concealed in a room, "thinking" there are targets, ad make it "think" there are allies near too. Then you could let him loose to actually see if it would fire on allies.
It's possible that the creators had a huge bug in the aiming script, making it aim on allies and enemies alike, but only actually firing on enemies. Small details like that are important.
They're smart enough to make a killer robot, but not to actually test it toroughly before using in action.
not fitting oblivion on one dvd isn't a problem. Even if they couldn't squeeze it on, they could easily add a second medium, be it CD or DVD. Really big things ( 4 or more dvds) could use blu-ray, otherwise it's a waste.
uhm yeah i sure think a 20 gig download is feasable >.. Even when converted (like DVD went to.avi), i doubt it will go below 3 gigs. Why download one movie in invisibly better quality when you can download 3 other ones that look just fine?
Hm, well i can't really discuss this in $. I live in Belgium, everything here is in Euros, + 21% VAT. I'm not in for buying blu-ray, mostly because it has no use in the IT sector (yet), but also because of the price, but that's a secondary thing. I doubt it WILL have that much use, unless game developers make their games over 10x as big or some kind of BD-RW comes out.
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The funny thing is that ubuntu requires it when you change somethign dramatically on your computer/settings, and vista requires it for everything, including but not limited to: firefox addons, running an updater, opening a package from an unknown source (aka usb-stick). If i had gotten a nickle every time i had to put a file onto my brother's pc and run it then click ok on the UAC, i'd be rich by now.
Really, who ever tought a big company like MS would hire a comedian to erase their marketing and development mistakes?
was a very good game, and i think it's very good it is cross-platformed. What i WOULD hate, tough, is duke nukem forever coming out (if it comes out) on xbox 360 only. It'd be like forcing all xbox players to use mouse and keyboard to play games.
of games that i think are not worth the money. I have my good old version of unreal tournament and unreal tournament 2004, i still play both. They stay fun. I have not pirated the newest version (ut 3) but when the time coems that it finally drops into a decent price (like 20-30$) i'll just go out and buy. Games that are worth the money simply don't get pirated. I even pirate movies, and the movies that actually are a hit to me always end up legally in my dvd-storage. As for DRM, i outright hate it. Basic things like a serial are fine for me, but let's take doom 3 for an example. The first few times i joined an online server, i got bored quickly and went for a new server. "key already in use" - game crash. When i restarted the game i had the joy of typing in my key again. Great. IF you use a key as means of protecting, it doesn't require a cd/dvd, it's at a fair price and it's a good game, then noone will pirate it, or, if they pirate it they will probably have a legal version sitting in their shelf anyway. Lastly games are supposed to have good gameplay, these days developers are edging towards the insanity of graphics. I for one don't follow this trend - instead i play the gameplay-oriented games.
Ever heard of deamon tools/alcohol 120%? Might be handy for you, sicne it allows you to make a LEGAL copy of the cd to just put onto your laptop. Yes, it's legal, as long as you don't spread the ffile.
Seriously, Italy and Belgium are the only countries in europe that have a monthly limit. Why stop the small ones? the bigger oens are in countries that offer the golden standard of UNLIMITED broadband a month, at a fixed speed.
Just look at it... xp has been killed off in it's prime, microsoft's doing. They released the abomination called vista and tried (and are trying) to force us to use it by, for example, killing xp Honestly, i use xp for games, but whenever i get a pc that isn't for games, linux it is.
Why only ten minutes? Did they BSOD after that time?
Same here. i have two old computers for people who know squat about IT. The xp hadn't been reinstalled for 8 years or so and i didn't want them to use na illegal version (they have the habit of pressing "update now"). Thus ubuntu went onto it. Even they got used to it.
I disagree, vista may work fine on your computer but it works VERY poor on the machines made to "be capable" of running vista. I think the biggest mistake of mcirosoft was to FORCE people into using vista, instead of giving them the opportunity and slowly adapting. They took away OEM xp's, so now everyone who's looking for a cheap pc (in other words; not capable of vista, or barely) are stuck with vista.
So it's pretty much the same as a BSOD in vista. Now, any volunteers to go there to reset that machine?
SL will never be replaced, just like WOW is the best MMORPG and not changing. They're too big, too old, to developed to be exchanged with something new.
I think IT would be the perfect job for me. I'm very interersted in it, and next year, i'm going into network management, wich is more about computer hard- and software then just networks ;).
Feeds are something i don't use. Long live the standard webpages.
"... A variety of countries, including the United States and China, but also India, Europe, and Japan, have either sent robotic probes into lunar orbit or are on the verge of doing so." And since when is Europe a country?
I recently installed linux on my p, unfortunately i deleted my entire partition (must have done something wrong ^^), includign windows. Since i'm a gamer, that was bad :P.
But now my other pc, a very old system, runs linux. It boots and runs twice as fast compared to when it had XP.
Especially xonsiderign the cost of xp and mcirosoft forcing people to buy vista, i'm a linux fan from now on. Just too bad linux can't really run the games, but who knows what's on the horizon :)
Okay, this is plain ridicilous. IF the company has forensic evidence that person downloaded the game, that means they hacked his computer one way or the other, making them liable for a 2000$ or more fee. IF they don't, they could be sued themselves, for the cost of the lawyers etc. involved. One way or the other, that company is screwed unless both sides decide to let it go.
oh, so they're keeping back the program because the pilot made a mistake? i highly doubt that
If it's remote control, why would they postpone the project for 10-20 years? Because the pilot wanted to make a joke? i highly doubt it. That thing was fully automated.
using it in actual operations would be pretty stupid... It'd be a matter of time before it gets blasted apart by an enemy. The losses are only worth it if it actually helps in battle.
They're just so stupid... The only way to actually test this is NOT to put it next to humans, armed and ready. It should have been concealed in a room, "thinking" there are targets, ad make it "think" there are allies near too. Then you could let him loose to actually see if it would fire on allies. It's possible that the creators had a huge bug in the aiming script, making it aim on allies and enemies alike, but only actually firing on enemies. Small details like that are important. They're smart enough to make a killer robot, but not to actually test it toroughly before using in action.
any proof the laser's brightness is true? he was comparing :)
not fitting oblivion on one dvd isn't a problem. Even if they couldn't squeeze it on, they could easily add a second medium, be it CD or DVD. Really big things ( 4 or more dvds) could use blu-ray, otherwise it's a waste.
uhm yeah i sure think a 20 gig download is feasable >.. Even when converted (like DVD went to .avi), i doubt it will go below 3 gigs. Why download one movie in invisibly better quality when you can download 3 other ones that look just fine?
Hm, well i can't really discuss this in $. I live in Belgium, everything here is in Euros, + 21% VAT. I'm not in for buying blu-ray, mostly because it has no use in the IT sector (yet), but also because of the price, but that's a secondary thing. I doubt it WILL have that much use, unless game developers make their games over 10x as big or some kind of BD-RW comes out.