Yeah, you must know a lot about gaming because these guys all suck at Q3A! =P
Admittedly, there are a lot of great players not playing, but that's because only 3 form each country made it... there is a very high concentration of "top 10" talent in the US and a few other Euro countries... thus the field is not as strong as if it were an "open" event... however, to say that there aren't ANY top 10 people playing is simply erronious.
I am a "hardcore" gamer. And yes, FPS and resolutions matter VERY much.
If you want to look at the scenery, sure, 30fps at 640x480 is ok. But when it somes to making a railgun shot across a map, 1600x1200 vs. 640x480 is like foreplay with oven mits on. Sure you can do it, but you can do it a LOT better the other way.
Same with framerates. If, at a distance, your head is only 3-4 pixels wide (which would be only one at 640x480), the more FPS I am getting, the more opportunity I have to register (visually) that my crosshairs are on you, and thus I am a better player.
Plus, there are many a "documented anomaly" at higer FPS that the l33t gamers use in Q3 (and I guess other games, but since everyone plays Q3 or Counter-Strike, who cares =)
IT gives you more frames per second. As a gamer, where FPS is often more desirable than visuals, it is an optimization. I'd rather have an extra 10 fps so my mouse is smoother and my railgun aim is better than have that lava in the corner look nice.
Though I get your point... I guess it depends on which side of the coin you are sitting on... looks vs. speed.
Outlaw of Gor and Mitchel. Don't get me wrong, Manos is a classic, top ten episode, and maybe the worst movie they ever did... well, except maybe Monster a Go-Go.
Jack Pallance in an MST... too funny to begin with. But the lines f*ing RULE. "I'll just follow your butt!" (orchestra hit sound effect) "Oh, maybe not" and "Oh look, *another* nice day!" are jsut too classic.
Mitchell is possibly the best of the best.... "Ohh, he's landed jsut short of the green" and "*pnat* *pant*, uhhhhh... there's gotta be a beer around here somewhere...." are too good.
Then again, Godzilla vs. Megalon is alos too damn good, as is Human Duplicators. Crap. How can you pick just one!!!!
Yes it is a Quake 3 specific optimization.... the ONLY time it does anything other than it's "normal" drivering is when you launch an app called "quake3.exe". I'm sure whatever it does could be of benefit to other OpenGL apps (I dunno the technical details well enough) but it's doesn't matter, because the special code will never get run for any other app than Quake3.
I don't think you can get more specific than that =)
"See, fuck the environment, it just fixes itself! That Alaskan Wildlife thingie my dad and Uncle Cheney say I should let thier companies drill in will be all wildlifey again in no time!"
Oh well. Luckily the world will end AFTER I'm dead.
Can't afford plastic for the windows, (the things you look out of, not the OS =) and you can bet my thermostat for the house NEVER gets anywhere near 60.
Then, keep your machines in your unheated attic, and you've got 6 months of sweet, sweet computing. Tho it is tough to type in your mittens.
Breaking news: Aplle doesn't CARE about windows, or about market share.
Last time I checked, they only sold hardware and software to the "tiny percentage" of Mac users, and yet they somehow manage to stay in business... unthinkable! We all know that market share is the only indicator of a company's success!
At the end of the year, look at who had a higher profit margin.... Dell, Gateway, or Apple.
Apple is making an MP3 player for the Mac users. It's an AMAZING product tied into the hardware they deliver (when will all Winderz boxes ship with firewire), OS X, and iTunes
If you have a Mac, this is a SWEEEEEEET thing. If you don;t have a Mac, guess what, Aplle does not care.
The starting price is MUCH less.. but, and this is funny, most retailers are ONLY offering "bundles" with certain games plus a couple extra controllers, and so on.
Thus the price you will pay is heaps more than the "real" cost of the XBox and HALO.
Gee, what with the current Atrn. General pushing for HUGE e-crime bills, and the administration getting less and less enthusiastic about calling Micro$haft to task for it's monoploy, it seems that they are all sorts of ready to make "security" a crime!!!
".....providing the blueprints for building these weapons"
So anything that could harm a US computer (the Govmnts, yours, mine, etc.) is a terrorist act under the Ashitler bill. Suddenly, M$ starts saying that pointing out the flaws in their products is akin to builing a weapon? Co-inky-dink? Not with the $$$$ The shaft lobbied with this year.
Gotta love the corporate rebuplic.....
They would have to apply for and get tax-exempt status... which is really, really easy to do.
So, let's assume that this has been done in the UK... again, I don't know the laws there, so I am most likely talking out my buttocks, but.... This brings up two issues.
1) What is RELIGION? If enough people believe (or at least say they do on a form) is it a religion? It has to be, since all the "major" ones have the same burden of proof... "our book says we are the right one, therefore we are." Honestly, the Hindi, Christian, Asartu, whatever "creation" mythos and scriptures, and "otherworldly" places, people, etc. and so on all have the same logical proof (you can't prove OR disprove any of them) and so how do you define religion as a "belief system"? You can't, as none of them are "provable".
2) Who cares what religion you are? The "official" religion of England was created because one man wanted a divorce, yes? Does filling the form out "wrong" (claiming to be a Jedi) get you free stuff, a tax break, or a chicken in every pot? If not, who the hell cares?
Internet bandwidth nearly tripled (174 percent growth),
If you had 100 "units" of bandwidth, and you then had 174 percent of them the next year, you'd have 174 "units" of bandwidth. Which is not triple.
If you had 100 "uints" of bandwidth and you the ADDED 174 percent of that capacity (I guess they mean in this case that "growth == new", which is not clear), you would have 274 "units",which is not near triple either... it's closer to two and a half times... but I'm sure the folks who are exited enough to write about it want it to be triple.
You can also do the "shampoo" statistics. Take a 12 oz. bottle of shampoo. Make it into an 18oz bottle. It's now "50% bigger"... unless you do the math from the other side, in which case it's only 33% bigger.
I fergit who said it, but they were right: "There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics."
I think they did it as a joke. In fact, I read the article, and I *know* they did it as a joke. Don't worry, you're not alone... most/.ers seem to have technical, moral, or other objections to stuff people do for fun. That's the beauty of it. =)
There are plaenty of games that can use the extra horsepower of the GeForce3 (TRIBES2, Quake III Arena), but you are correct in that the GeForce2 is adequate for most uses now.
However, the next-gen games, which are right around the corner (Unreal2, DOOM3, Quake 4) all but require a GeForce3. I think (numbers are not accurate I'm sure as I'm trying t oremember them) that Carmack mentioned getting 20 - 30 fps in DOOM3 running a fast-assed system with a GeForce3.
That translates to st-st-st-stuttering with anything less.
Registering typos is a smart, good thing (regradless of what you think =) but "trapping" is just plain WRONG.
I am pleassed to see this type of thing, assuming it actually gets implemented with some knowledge and thought.
Imagine surfing pr0n without holding your fingers poised over Alt-F4!
Oh, and to they guy who (anon) responded to my sig about being dyslexic as "we used to call you idiots who couldn't spell", I think we used to call folks like your mom "Dumb bitches who couldn't afford abortions"
Microshaft stole thier implementation of Xerox's "desktop" operating system and ruined thier OS business.
Then a clone maker came along for IBM hardware and ruined the margin on making machines.
Apple has been screwed by others since the day computers became available to the people.
Regardless of my (or your) opinions of thier hardware, software, OSes, and so on, if you were Apple, would you not fight with every single fiber of you being to protect everything you could?
They are not going after people for money... they are simply saying "we made Aqua, at consideralbe expense (and again, I don't care what you think of it... it cost them heaps of money to develop) so please don't give it away to other platforms".
Windows XP, Linux, or whatever does not DESERVE a GUI as nice as Mac OS X. My mom can buy a crappy box with Win XP and be frustraed by it. Having an OS X look alike theme could amke her biased agiant Macs. My mom would have no f*ing clue how to use Linux, so if see ever had to use a machine with Linux installed, and it had an Aqua theme, she might think that So X was hard to use. I *did* buy my mom an iMac, and installed OS X on it. She damn well humps the machine she loves it so much.
So porting one is not only an infrigement of copyright, but just plain wrong as well.
I'm sure this attack is jsut a graet opportunity for them to attack cyrpto, "hackers", and all non-PAC donating computer users everywhere, but golly, wouldn't it be neat if we addressed the reasons why the US is hated by so much of the world, rather than outlawing Math?
We funded Bin Laden, we trained him, and when the chickens come home to roost, we figure outlawing numbers, or even worse, intentionally putting a way into your crypto will make it all better.
Write your Congressperson / Senator with strong words about strong crypo, and all the other attacks on our civil liberties that are in the works right now.
Well, I tend to want my computer to run for along time as a computer... tho I do have an old Celery machine I could turn into a hotplate.. thx for the idea!
I thought most (if not all) "modern" type Mobo's and BIOSes worked together to keep you from powering a system up without a processor fan running.
Obviously you could disable this / defeat it easily, but why? I know processors are cheap, but gosh, the 25 mins of downtime to run to the store can't be THAT expensive to rsik melting your machine.
Though it did take my roomate 2 days of tinkering to figure out why his amchine suddenly wouldn't boot anymore... =)
No, because to do so is a copyright infringement w/o noting the correction was made, and what exactly was corrected.
I don't think it's worth the hassle of having stories look like this: "I think [their]* doing a good job"
* the homonym "there" was replaced with the grammically correct "their"
Their, there... you knew what he meant, right? Being dyslexic, I do that sort of thing all the time.. and the way I figure, if I got my point accross, I used the right words. =)
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Yeah, you must know a lot about gaming because these guys all suck at Q3A! =P
Admittedly, there are a lot of great players not playing, but that's because only 3 form each country made it... there is a very high concentration of "top 10" talent in the US and a few other Euro countries... thus the field is not as strong as if it were an "open" event... however, to say that there aren't ANY top 10 people playing is simply erronious.
If you want to look at the scenery, sure, 30fps at 640x480 is ok. But when it somes to making a railgun shot across a map, 1600x1200 vs. 640x480 is like foreplay with oven mits on. Sure you can do it, but you can do it a LOT better the other way.
Same with framerates. If, at a distance, your head is only 3-4 pixels wide (which would be only one at 640x480), the more FPS I am getting, the more opportunity I have to register (visually) that my crosshairs are on you, and thus I am a better player.
Plus, there are many a "documented anomaly" at higer FPS that the l33t gamers use in Q3 (and I guess other games, but since everyone plays Q3 or Counter-Strike, who cares =)
IT gives you more frames per second. As a gamer, where FPS is often more desirable than visuals, it is an optimization. I'd rather have an extra 10 fps so my mouse is smoother and my railgun aim is better than have that lava in the corner look nice.
Though I get your point... I guess it depends on which side of the coin you are sitting on... looks vs. speed.
Jack Pallance in an MST... too funny to begin with. But the lines f*ing RULE. "I'll just follow your butt!" (orchestra hit sound effect) "Oh, maybe not" and "Oh look, *another* nice day!" are jsut too classic.
Mitchell is possibly the best of the best.... "Ohh, he's landed jsut short of the green" and "*pnat* *pant*, uhhhhh... there's gotta be a beer around here somewhere...." are too good.
Then again, Godzilla vs. Megalon is alos too damn good, as is Human Duplicators. Crap. How can you pick just one!!!!
I don't think you can get more specific than that =)
Oh well. Luckily the world will end AFTER I'm dead.
Did you read past the first line of that post? I didn't think so.
No wonder COMDEX is gonna be a shit-fest this year.... there are mornons like you in the world.
Can't afford plastic for the windows, (the things you look out of, not the OS =) and you can bet my thermostat for the house NEVER gets anywhere near 60.
Then, keep your machines in your unheated attic, and you've got 6 months of sweet, sweet computing. Tho it is tough to type in your mittens.
Last time I checked, they only sold hardware and software to the "tiny percentage" of Mac users, and yet they somehow manage to stay in business... unthinkable! We all know that market share is the only indicator of a company's success!
At the end of the year, look at who had a higher profit margin.... Dell, Gateway, or Apple.
Apple is making an MP3 player for the Mac users. It's an AMAZING product tied into the hardware they deliver (when will all Winderz boxes ship with firewire), OS X, and iTunes
If you have a Mac, this is a SWEEEEEEET thing. If you don;t have a Mac, guess what, Aplle does not care.
The starting price is MUCH less.. but, and this is funny, most retailers are ONLY offering "bundles" with certain games plus a couple extra controllers, and so on.
Thus the price you will pay is heaps more than the "real" cost of the XBox and HALO.
Gee, what with the current Atrn. General pushing for HUGE e-crime bills, and the administration getting less and less enthusiastic about calling Micro$haft to task for it's monoploy, it seems that they are all sorts of ready to make "security" a crime!!!
".....providing the blueprints for building these weapons"
So anything that could harm a US computer (the Govmnts, yours, mine, etc.) is a terrorist act under the Ashitler bill. Suddenly, M$ starts saying that pointing out the flaws in their products is akin to builing a weapon? Co-inky-dink? Not with the $$$$ The shaft lobbied with this year.
Gotta love the corporate rebuplic.....
So, let's assume that this has been done in the UK... again, I don't know the laws there, so I am most likely talking out my buttocks, but.... This brings up two issues.
1) What is RELIGION? If enough people believe (or at least say they do on a form) is it a religion? It has to be, since all the "major" ones have the same burden of proof... "our book says we are the right one, therefore we are." Honestly, the Hindi, Christian, Asartu, whatever "creation" mythos and scriptures, and "otherworldly" places, people, etc. and so on all have the same logical proof (you can't prove OR disprove any of them) and so how do you define religion as a "belief system"? You can't, as none of them are "provable".
2) Who cares what religion you are? The "official" religion of England was created because one man wanted a divorce, yes? Does filling the form out "wrong" (claiming to be a Jedi) get you free stuff, a tax break, or a chicken in every pot? If not, who the hell cares?
If you had 100 "units" of bandwidth, and you then had 174 percent of them the next year, you'd have 174 "units" of bandwidth. Which is not triple.
If you had 100 "uints" of bandwidth and you the ADDED 174 percent of that capacity (I guess they mean in this case that "growth == new", which is not clear), you would have 274 "units",which is not near triple either... it's closer to two and a half times... but I'm sure the folks who are exited enough to write about it want it to be triple.
You can also do the "shampoo" statistics. Take a 12 oz. bottle of shampoo. Make it into an 18oz bottle. It's now "50% bigger"... unless you do the math from the other side, in which case it's only 33% bigger.
I fergit who said it, but they were right: "There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics."
I rate this post as a keeper because it's a Simpsons reference. And you can't go wrong with them folks.
If only I had mod points... and there was a category for "Godd Subject Line Reference".
This would be a 6 =)
I think they did it as a joke. In fact, I read the article, and I *know* they did it as a joke. Don't worry, you're not alone... most /.ers seem to have technical, moral, or other objections to stuff people do for fun. That's the beauty of it. =)
However, the next-gen games, which are right around the corner (Unreal2, DOOM3, Quake 4) all but require a GeForce3. I think (numbers are not accurate I'm sure as I'm trying t oremember them) that Carmack mentioned getting 20 - 30 fps in DOOM3 running a fast-assed system with a GeForce3.
That translates to st-st-st-stuttering with anything less.
Registering typos is a smart, good thing (regradless of what you think =) but "trapping" is just plain WRONG.
I am pleassed to see this type of thing, assuming it actually gets implemented with some knowledge and thought.
Imagine surfing pr0n without holding your fingers poised over Alt-F4!
Oh, and to they guy who (anon) responded to my sig about being dyslexic as "we used to call you idiots who couldn't spell", I think we used to call folks like your mom "Dumb bitches who couldn't afford abortions"
Microshaft stole thier implementation of Xerox's "desktop" operating system and ruined thier OS business.
Then a clone maker came along for IBM hardware and ruined the margin on making machines.
Apple has been screwed by others since the day computers became available to the people.
Regardless of my (or your) opinions of thier hardware, software, OSes, and so on, if you were Apple, would you not fight with every single fiber of you being to protect everything you could?
They are not going after people for money... they are simply saying "we made Aqua, at consideralbe expense (and again, I don't care what you think of it... it cost them heaps of money to develop) so please don't give it away to other platforms".
Windows XP, Linux, or whatever does not DESERVE a GUI as nice as Mac OS X. My mom can buy a crappy box with Win XP and be frustraed by it. Having an OS X look alike theme could amke her biased agiant Macs. My mom would have no f*ing clue how to use Linux, so if see ever had to use a machine with Linux installed, and it had an Aqua theme, she might think that So X was hard to use. I *did* buy my mom an iMac, and installed OS X on it. She damn well humps the machine she loves it so much.
So porting one is not only an infrigement of copyright, but just plain wrong as well.
We funded Bin Laden, we trained him, and when the chickens come home to roost, we figure outlawing numbers, or even worse, intentionally putting a way into your crypto will make it all better.
Write your Congressperson / Senator with strong words about strong crypo, and all the other attacks on our civil liberties that are in the works right now.
Well, I tend to want my computer to run for along time as a computer... tho I do have an old Celery machine I could turn into a hotplate.. thx for the idea!
Obviously you could disable this / defeat it easily, but why? I know processors are cheap, but gosh, the 25 mins of downtime to run to the store can't be THAT expensive to rsik melting your machine.
Though it did take my roomate 2 days of tinkering to figure out why his amchine suddenly wouldn't boot anymore... =)
Set up was a snap, it works rock solid, and I have only had to reset it once, when I physically moved it to another room.
Four friends in town also have them, and they also have had trouble free usage... maybe you got hold of the one bad unit out there.
I don't think it's worth the hassle of having stories look like this: "I think [their]* doing a good job"
* the homonym "there" was replaced with the grammically correct "their"
Their, there ... you knew what he meant, right? Being dyslexic, I do that sort of thing all the time.. and the way I figure, if I got my point accross, I used the right words. =)
OK, mod this down Off-Topic now....
Zero4 is very, very impressive in these damos... When one of the best players in the world is "on" it is a beautiful thing to watch =)
I don't know what kind of futuristic world it is where all the babes look like that, but I wanna go there =)