I think it has less to do with efficiency than size considerations. For the same size, an engine using fossil fuels can generate way way way way more energy than a fuel cell or other source of the same size. Perhaps this is analogous to this situation?
What are you talking about? Zelda has always been "cartoony," as you put it. That's it's style. Love it or leave it. If you want something that is "realistic" try playing Global Ops or Raven Shield.
I'm sorry, but I think that federal law enforcement should be busier catching violent criminals instead of people running head shops, or selling mod chips online.
What are you smoking? The TNT came out a while before Quake3. In fact, the only thing I was playing when I got my TNT2 Ultra was just Quake2! The Quake3 test demo didn't come out until sometime after that. Get your facts straight.
Why don't we just all make individual petitions and send them to iRiver and other companies that make flash upgradeable firmware (that you can dl off the net for free) ? It sounds like a more reasonable alternative to buying a whole new player!
Just like any learned skill, such as coding, math, or other sciences, you have to put in as much time learning it in order to get tangible results. You can't expect to be a sauve debonair with the ladies if you have yet to get past, "Hello" or "Do you have the time?"
If geeks spent as much time hitting on girls and practicing their social skills as fraternity and sorority people, then maybe they wouldn't get beat up so much.
To sum up:
You are an idiot if you think that everyone is automatically interested in the same garbage as you are. Take any example topic that you are not interested in and there will be someone out there who would welcome the opportunity to run their mouth on it until you think your brain is going to explode. So instead of trying to relate everything to your own ego-centric view of reality try to find commonalities between yourself and others and work from there.
What makes you think it was ATI? Because of some log file I coulda made up myself? You ever hear of "flak machines"? Do a google search. It's the tactic of spreading misinformation under supposed anonymous or community sources in order to misdirect attention or confuse conceptions. When people talk about Microsoft, they talk about them using FUD tactics-- hiring "focus groups," or "independent research companies" to prove their software is "secure" or "faster." If anything this looks like an enemy of ATI released the supposed chat log (nvidia, matrox, whatever other companies stand to gain from ATI's loss of mind/market share).
Also, someone else suggested it could be a temporary employee, an intern, or non-technical outsourced workers (such as janitorial staff) who may have thought it cool to release it. Hell, people who set up the demos at E3 (or any other event or meeting where the demo was shown) may have copied to their favorite internet dump site when nobody was looking.
Copying bits illegally is still stealing. Just because it doesn't erase the original copy, does not make it legal to have a copy. Another example: if you get an advance copy of a book from a publisher and decide to make exact duplicate copies on printing presses and distribute them. Well, I think you'd be in a world of trouble. Still stealing. Didn't burn the original pressing typeset.
fyi, Quake 4 is being made by *RAVEN SOFTWARE* not id Software so it isn't exactly in the same hands. John Carmack doesn't have much control over what goes on over at a different company, but that being said he did write the Doom3 engine which will power Quake4.
So, maybe you should rephrase that as saying you will try Doom 3? Or redirect it to whoever is lead programmer at Raven?
Agreed... you may think you are being "utilitarian," but that philosophy only works when the happiness of *everyone* is considered, not just your own selfish desires. Two weeks is a lot of gameplay for some of the titles that come out these days. If you are short of cash use your brain instead of pirating games. Play demos, read reviews, and above all else listen to what people say about the game. All of which are perfectly legal. Hell, there's nothing wrong with just waiting a few weeks after a game is *officially* released to see what saps who blew their money on the game think of the pile of code.
i dunno, i think the sci-fi, comedy central, learning channel, history channel, bravo, a&e have some good shows on... heck even animal planet and food network have some interesting things on. so...cable is more crap?
also, for premium channels -- hbo is the shiznit they have a lot of great shows (if you are mature enough to view them)
No shit... When I come home from programming there's no way in hell I'm doing more coding that night... I socialize, watch tv, eat food, mayyybe play video games, but I usually stay off the computer since I spent the whole day staring at a computer monitor (probably with a low refresh rate, bad posture, and a cheap ass keyboard).
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the key to keeping PC's working is to NOT upgrade Windows... doing so on ancient hw spells doom
"Computer Science isn't about being prepared for the real world!" (this is what they always tell you at university)
your spelling is oh-so droll.
I hate Kapor's project kills Outlook dead.
I think it has less to do with efficiency than size considerations. For the same size, an engine using fossil fuels can generate way way way way more energy than a fuel cell or other source of the same size. Perhaps this is analogous to this situation?
Runing any Linux on PS2 requires the ps2linux kit!
they could use that (pr0n) pipe that broke the speed record the other day?
What are you talking about? Zelda has always been "cartoony," as you put it. That's it's style. Love it or leave it. If you want something that is "realistic" try playing Global Ops or Raven Shield.
I'm sorry, but I think that federal law enforcement should be busier catching violent criminals instead of people running head shops, or selling mod chips online.
Errr, I mean the Quake3 test demo came out after the TNT. Sorry for the confusion. The TNT2 series did come out after Q3Test,etc
What are you smoking? The TNT came out a while before Quake3. In fact, the only thing I was playing when I got my TNT2 Ultra was just Quake2! The Quake3 test demo didn't come out until sometime after that. Get your facts straight.
uhh
intel isn't a corporation?
"What scares you more a government that wiretaps or a government that wiretaps and doesn't know what it is wiretapping?"
How about a country that claims to not wiretap but does so anyway? (FBI, NSA, CIA in the USA)
Why don't we just all make individual petitions and send them to iRiver and other companies that make flash upgradeable firmware (that you can dl off the net for free) ? It sounds like a more reasonable alternative to buying a whole new player!
[quote]It's scary until one realizes that most P2P traffic isn't encrypted, like back when everyone still used telnet.[/quote]
Uh. Most lUsers still use telnet...
Just like any learned skill, such as coding, math, or other sciences, you have to put in as much time learning it in order to get tangible results. You can't expect to be a sauve debonair with the ladies if you have yet to get past, "Hello" or "Do you have the time?"
If geeks spent as much time hitting on girls and practicing their social skills as fraternity and sorority people, then maybe they wouldn't get beat up so much.
To sum up:
You are an idiot if you think that everyone is automatically interested in the same garbage as you are. Take any example topic that you are not interested in and there will be someone out there who would welcome the opportunity to run their mouth on it until you think your brain is going to explode. So instead of trying to relate everything to your own ego-centric view of reality try to find commonalities between yourself and others and work from there.
you must be pirating television, movies, or software...
What makes you think it was ATI? Because of some log file I coulda made up myself? You ever hear of "flak machines"? Do a google search. It's the tactic of spreading misinformation under supposed anonymous or community sources in order to misdirect attention or confuse conceptions. When people talk about Microsoft, they talk about them using FUD tactics-- hiring "focus groups," or "independent research companies" to prove their software is "secure" or "faster." If anything this looks like an enemy of ATI released the supposed chat log (nvidia, matrox, whatever other companies stand to gain from ATI's loss of mind/market share).
Also, someone else suggested it could be a temporary employee, an intern, or non-technical outsourced workers (such as janitorial staff) who may have thought it cool to release it. Hell, people who set up the demos at E3 (or any other event or meeting where the demo was shown) may have copied to their favorite internet dump site when nobody was looking.
Copying bits illegally is still stealing. Just because it doesn't erase the original copy, does not make it legal to have a copy. Another example: if you get an advance copy of a book from a publisher and decide to make exact duplicate copies on printing presses and distribute them. Well, I think you'd be in a world of trouble. Still stealing. Didn't burn the original pressing typeset.
fyi, Quake 4 is being made by *RAVEN SOFTWARE* not id Software so it isn't exactly in the same hands. John Carmack doesn't have much control over what goes on over at a different company, but that being said he did write the Doom3 engine which will power Quake4.
So, maybe you should rephrase that as saying you will try Doom 3? Or redirect it to whoever is lead programmer at Raven?
Agreed... you may think you are being "utilitarian," but that philosophy only works when the happiness of *everyone* is considered, not just your own selfish desires. Two weeks is a lot of gameplay for some of the titles that come out these days. If you are short of cash use your brain instead of pirating games. Play demos, read reviews, and above all else listen to what people say about the game. All of which are perfectly legal. Hell, there's nothing wrong with just waiting a few weeks after a game is *officially* released to see what saps who blew their money on the game think of the pile of code.
E. Let them kill each other, save the two bullets for shooting the lock on the door after they are dead.
i dunno, i think the sci-fi, comedy central, learning channel, history channel, bravo, a&e have some good shows on... heck even animal planet and food network have some interesting things on. .cable is more crap?
so..
also, for premium channels -- hbo is the shiznit
they have a lot of great shows (if you are mature enough to view them)
try any FPS game where the bullet shot noises are repeated over and over when 10 people are all shooting each other
No shit...
When I come home from programming there's no way in hell I'm doing more coding that night... I socialize, watch tv, eat food, mayyybe play video games, but I usually stay off the computer since I spent the whole day staring at a computer monitor (probably with a low refresh rate, bad posture, and a cheap ass keyboard).