Re:Yeah, but also as in real life...
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I've laughed alot at various Mentor sayings from DK2 (which I still play every now and then)
such as:
"Your dungeon floor is lumpy. Make your minions jump up and down."
"Beware! Micro-piglets stalk your dungeon!"
"Your dungeon is full of yoghurt!"
"One of your imps does a great impression of you. He can even do the ears."
or my favorite:
"You know that big soft, downy thing in the next room? It has the ability to cure fatigue and restore vitality."
(of course he meant the bed, and this line of course was only said very early in the AM)
And if any of these lines are misquoted, well then that's just not my problem.
Also I laughed the first time one of the minions won a jackpot in the casino. Cheezy disco-music and the mentor saying "Jackpot Winner!" while all the minions dance around in the dungeon. Good times.
I don't know about you guys, but there already is an excellent utility for system-monitoring on Windows, it's called Samurize.
It's totally configurable and can be made to be a lot of eye-candy as well. Also it can be extended with scripts and plugins for everything from weather to television listings.
I'd buy a Mac five seconds after I could afford it.
If there were games, that'd be a nice bonus. The _only_ thing keeping me from using Mac is that I am poah' and that Macs cost a pretty heft amount of money.
Games wouldn't be a big thing for me, and having tons of Mac games wouldn't do diddley-squat for my changeover to Mac.
Lowering the prices though would get me "switched" within the hour.
Am I the only one who get frustrated when companies/corporations/god/evil geniuses say that they're rolling out some really honking hardware, yet never shows all of us drooling geeks some really slick and sexy photos of it?
Man, that bites. I wanted some juicy photos of a Cray (or whatever hardware they're using)
(yes, this whole post is rather sarcastic. Go ahead and mod me down, see if I care)
Was I the only one who got the impression that these cats would look like the cat that Dr Evil almost always carries around?
And for all those itching to give me some flame: yes, I know that's an actual cat (the race is called sphynx, and that particular cats name was Ted Nude Gent)
I remember that Mike Myers comment re that cat went something along the lines of:
very offtopic, but I don't really give a sh*t right now.
Have you heard of that invention called a "full stop" that looks like a dot on your keyboard? You really should try using it a bit more often, then your postings will sound less out-of-breath.
I felt like I'd run a mile just from reading your post.
This is nothing new. Every game (or really any piece of software för that matter) gets a lot of hype beforehand. It's been the norm for at least the last decade.
Especially now it's more true than ever. Games get hyped and then rushed into production. Finally they release an inferior product that is not only far from what the promise was but also full of bugs.
It's the problem with the internet-age: make a crappy product and ship it as soon as the beta-testers give the thumbs up (but with minimal amount of testing) and release patches on your webpage later.
So far this year I haven't seen a single game that has lived up to the hype. Not even Doom3, even though it was a half-decent play it did not come close to the hype surrounding it.
As I said, this is not only limited to games. Look at every product that Microsoft/etc has released in the last 5-6 years. They promise to revolutionize the world, but it's the same wordprocessor in a slightly new package.
Yes, this was a loop-hole up until about a year ago when the law was changed to cover any kind of broadcasting-recievable device, wether it was a computer with a tv-tuner, a television (with/without RF-reciever), VCR, and so forth.
I haven't actually read the law in detail itself, but I know that this is how it works these days.
I don't have any kids, but I still pay taxes which pay for other people's kids to go to school. Is that fascism?
But one day I'll probably have kids, so I'm cool with paying for it now even though I don't have kids as of this moment. Also, this same system paid for my kindergarten/schooling.
I don't have a car, but I pay taxes which go to pave the roads. Is that fascism?
No, because I either ride the bus or my bike on these roads.
I'm not a woman, but I pay taxes which go to research cures for cervical and uterine cancer. Is that fascism?
No, because maybe my girlfriend or another female friend might benefit from it.
being a legal alien in Sweden has it's downsides and one of them is the fact that Sweden has had a very similar law since the birth of public television-
So far nothing for the computers, but trust me when I say that I'm counting the days until some smartass brings that one up.
I _HATE_ these laws. I hardly watch any television at all, yet I still have to pay just as much money as the guy who never turns his set off. If I watch three hours of TV in a month then that's a new record. If I watch TV then it's from a DVD - I have no use for the R/F-tuner.
Sure, Sweden has two government-funded channels that show somewhat decent-quality content, but being public channels they have to cater to every demographic and that means that maybe 5% of the offerings are interesting to me.
I grudgingly pay this tax, but I'm trying to find any loophole I can in the law. I'd be happy to pay for my use (which would amount to something along the lines of US$0.03/month) but taxing it like this is FASCISM in my opinion.
What's next? They put an "ear-tax" on anyone who's born with earlobes? You have to pay 15 bucks a month for the use of your ears - and if you object you have the option of cutting them off or paying!
RIAA should really wake up from their cinderella-sleep. The reason why sales are going up is BECAUSE of piracy.
How else can people decide how to buy music? For at least a decade pretty much every album has contained 1 somewhat catchy tune, while the rest has been crap. No one wants to spend money on that, so you pirate it in order to find out if the album is good or not.
Also, it's a great way of finding new music that isn't stuck in the corporate circus that is the recording industry, and when that new exciting album turns out to be good - you buy it. I've done this myself on plenty occasions.
The only artists complaining about lack of income are those rappers on MTV - you know, the ones who have videos that look like corporate commersials and need money to pay for all their bling-bling.
Six months? Dude, I bought DK2 in 1999 and I _still_ play it a lot. If there's a more addictive game around I don't know it. I play it both singleplayer but the multiplayer vs 3 buddies is a hoot.
The original DK kinda blew due to some weird ideas on gameplay, but the second is awesome.
All this reminds me of the time a guy walks into the store I used to work at and asked if we had a book on Windows. "Sure" we reply, point him in the right direction. He comes back, says we don't, we say, of course we do, this is a computer-store after all. to make a long story short, turns out the guy was interested in _actual_ Windows (you know, the analog transparent kind) hehe
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I've laughed alot at various Mentor sayings from DK2 (which I still play every now and then)
such as:
"Your dungeon floor is lumpy. Make your minions jump up and down."
"Beware! Micro-piglets stalk your dungeon!"
"Your dungeon is full of yoghurt!"
"One of your imps does a great impression of you. He can even do the ears."
or my favorite:
"You know that big soft, downy thing in the next room? It has the ability to cure fatigue and restore vitality."
(of course he meant the bed, and this line of course was only said very early in the AM)
And if any of these lines are misquoted, well then that's just not my problem.
Also I laughed the first time one of the minions won a jackpot in the casino. Cheezy disco-music and the mentor saying "Jackpot Winner!" while all the minions dance around in the dungeon. Good times.
I don't know about you guys, but there already is an excellent utility for system-monitoring on Windows, it's called Samurize.
It's totally configurable and can be made to be a lot of eye-candy as well. Also it can be extended with scripts and plugins for everything from weather to television listings.
I'd buy a Mac five seconds after I could afford it.
If there were games, that'd be a nice bonus. The _only_ thing keeping me from using Mac is that I am poah' and that Macs cost a pretty heft amount of money.
Games wouldn't be a big thing for me, and having tons of Mac games wouldn't do diddley-squat for my changeover to Mac.
Lowering the prices though would get me "switched" within the hour.
Am I the only one who get frustrated when companies/corporations/god/evil geniuses say that they're rolling out some really honking hardware, yet never shows all of us drooling geeks some really slick and sexy photos of it?
Man, that bites. I wanted some juicy photos of a Cray (or whatever hardware they're using)
(yes, this whole post is rather sarcastic. Go ahead and mod me down, see if I care)
Was I the only one who got the impression that these cats would look like the cat that Dr Evil almost always carries around?
And for all those itching to give me some flame: yes, I know that's an actual cat (the race is called sphynx, and that particular cats name was Ted Nude Gent)
I remember that Mike Myers comment re that cat went something along the lines of:
"It was like holding an ass."
very offtopic, but I don't really give a sh*t right now.
Have you heard of that invention called a "full stop" that looks like a dot on your keyboard? You really should try using it a bit more often, then your postings will sound less out-of-breath.
I felt like I'd run a mile just from reading your post.
This is nothing new. Every game (or really any piece of software för that matter) gets a lot of hype beforehand. It's been the norm for at least the last decade.
Especially now it's more true than ever. Games get hyped and then rushed into production. Finally they release an inferior product that is not only far from what the promise was but also full of bugs.
It's the problem with the internet-age: make a crappy product and ship it as soon as the beta-testers give the thumbs up (but with minimal amount of testing) and release patches on your webpage later.
So far this year I haven't seen a single game that has lived up to the hype. Not even Doom3, even though it was a half-decent play it did not come close to the hype surrounding it.
As I said, this is not only limited to games. Look at every product that Microsoft/etc has released in the last 5-6 years. They promise to revolutionize the world, but it's the same wordprocessor in a slightly new package.
[end of rant]
... and soon we'll see Duke Nukem Forever go gold as well?
PearPC 0.3.1 was the latest version when I did this experiment two days ago.
Surprise, surprise. It still is the latest version.
Admittedly my hardware is far from being bleeding-edge (AthlonXP 2200+ with 1.5 gigs of RAM) but still...
Yes, but PearPC doesn't come close to CherryOS so far unproven claim of speed.
PearPC does run Mac OS X, but at an absolute snails pace (Yes, I've tried it - Three hours to install, approx 1-2 minutes to open a finder-window).
If CherryOS indeed runs it at a somewhat decent G4-ish speed I'd almost consider 50 bucks to be worth it.
Yes, this was a loop-hole up until about a year ago when the law was changed to cover any kind of broadcasting-recievable device, wether it was a computer with a tv-tuner, a television (with/without RF-reciever), VCR, and so forth.
I haven't actually read the law in detail itself, but I know that this is how it works these days.
Perhaps I should've used another word. My bad.
I'm a very difficult man to anger, but these TV-licensing things just really rub me the wrong way.
I don't have any kids, but I still pay taxes which pay for other people's kids to go to school. Is that fascism?
But one day I'll probably have kids, so I'm cool with paying for it now even though I don't have kids as of this moment. Also, this same system paid for my kindergarten/schooling.
I don't have a car, but I pay taxes which go to pave the roads. Is that fascism?
No, because I either ride the bus or my bike on these roads.
I'm not a woman, but I pay taxes which go to research cures for cervical and uterine cancer. Is that fascism?
No, because maybe my girlfriend or another female friend might benefit from it.
being a legal alien in Sweden has it's downsides and one of them is the fact that Sweden has had a very similar law since the birth of public television-
So far nothing for the computers, but trust me when I say that I'm counting the days until some smartass brings that one up.
I _HATE_ these laws. I hardly watch any television at all, yet I still have to pay just as much money as the guy who never turns his set off. If I watch three hours of TV in a month then that's a new record. If I watch TV then it's from a DVD - I have no use for the R/F-tuner.
Sure, Sweden has two government-funded channels that show somewhat decent-quality content, but being public channels they have to cater to every demographic and that means that maybe 5% of the offerings are interesting to me.
I grudgingly pay this tax, but I'm trying to find any loophole I can in the law. I'd be happy to pay for my use (which would amount to something along the lines of US$0.03/month) but taxing it like this is FASCISM in my opinion.
What's next? They put an "ear-tax" on anyone who's born with earlobes? You have to pay 15 bucks a month for the use of your ears - and if you object you have the option of cutting them off or paying!
Ah, there's nothing like good old hidden fascism!
Well, I guess he's exploring the final frontier now...
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides /thrill/ttd/video/index.cfm
Or we could follow the scheme that MS invented for WMP, where they change the skin and all of a sudden it goes from version 9 to 10.
Dang, FireFox would be like version 284 if we did that.
It's the swedish-localised version of Google. No worries.
Did this with my father. He's 55. Now he's preaching the FireFox-gospel to everyone he meets.
No, he's not a techie/nerd/geek. He's just an average joe with a new cool thing.
RIAA should really wake up from their cinderella-sleep. The reason why sales are going up is BECAUSE of piracy.
How else can people decide how to buy music? For at least a decade pretty much every album has contained 1 somewhat catchy tune, while the rest has been crap. No one wants to spend money on that, so you pirate it in order to find out if the album is good or not.
Also, it's a great way of finding new music that isn't stuck in the corporate circus that is the recording industry, and when that new exciting album turns out to be good - you buy it. I've done this myself on plenty occasions.
The only artists complaining about lack of income are those rappers on MTV - you know, the ones who have videos that look like corporate commersials and need money to pay for all their bling-bling.
Six months? Dude, I bought DK2 in 1999 and I _still_ play it a lot. If there's a more addictive game around I don't know it. I play it both singleplayer but the multiplayer vs 3 buddies is a hoot.
The original DK kinda blew due to some weird ideas on gameplay, but the second is awesome.
Man, I was so pissed when DK3 got cancelled.
Dude, that's frickin' ancient. I've seen those mice in production (like, around 2k) and I've used them and they're crap.
Sco sez Linux doesn't exist. Crap, what has my servers been running for all this time?
well, really it should be a woman page.
All this reminds me of the time a guy walks into the store I used to work at and asked if we had a book on Windows. "Sure" we reply, point him in the right direction. He comes back, says we don't, we say, of course we do, this is a computer-store after all. to make a long story short, turns out the guy was interested in _actual_ Windows (you know, the analog transparent kind) hehe