Haven't the Tomb Raider games sucked for a while now? The first game was really something back in 1996 when it first came out, with its 3rd-person perspective, but there were at least five sequels to the game before the first movie even came out, with little to no changes to the engine. CORE and Eidos sequelled the game into the ground long before the movies even started to suck.
I go the other way... I wish MacOS X Mail.app would allow me to choose viewing HTML as plain text as the default view, that way I never see HTML email unless I choose to switch my view to viewing as HTML for that one message. Currently it is the opposite.
The reason for my wish is that I rarely receive a legitimate HTML email.
As a frequent Slashdot poster, if given the opportunity to ask yourself a question in a Slashdot interview would you ask yourself a question, and if so, what would that question be? If not, would you save your mod points to moderate up other questions that you wanted to be asked, and if so, which questions would you moderate up?
Personally, I sit at a computer desk for 10 hours a day with very little actual work.
I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side door, that way Lumbergh can't see me. Uh, and after that, I just sorta space out for about an hour... yeah. I just stare at my desk but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work...
Prices have not changed for educational institutional purchases, and the prices for individuals haved dropped to match the (formerly) lower institutional prices. At least, that's what I've found from checking on my recent institutional purchase of a 12" PowerBook.
And oh, it has a superdrive--the same one used in ibooks!
You either meant to say PowerBooks, which ship with combo (DVD/CD-RW) drives and Superdrives (DVD-R/CD-RW), or you meant to say that the Fujitsu has a combo drive like the ones in the iBooks which do not have a Superdrive.
Judging from what I see on product pages for the Fujitsu LifeBook S6000 you meant to say combo drive, since that is what they have.
I should also point out in addition that the PowerBook drives are slot-loading, while the Fujitsu (and iBook) drives are not.
In the meantime security savvy users should logout rather than trust the screen saver and use an Open Firmware password on their machine... don't forget the password or you will be totally screwed!
The open firmware password can still be circumvented with physical access to the machine. Change the amount of RAM and then zap PRAM 3 times and you're in. Or just yank the hard drive and go to work on it at your leisure. So 1) you won't be totally screwed, and 2) you can't count on it to protect you. If someone can get to your machine, they don't need the exploit described in the original article to compromise it (though it does make things convenient).
Tom's was using Q3A 1.16 instead of 1.32 (PunkBuster code is thought to be a little slower)
Tom's used set s_initsound 0 to disable sound while Apple noted default settings, which would imply sound was left on.
Tom's used demo_001 while Apple used demo_4
So I guess it's up to you to decide in the end if the benchmark was fair or no. I don't know enough about the details of Q3A to say whether the differences above are enough to justify a 30% decrease in framerate. It is worth pointing out that Apple's G5 matched Tom's reported framerates for the fastest Athlon XP.
In case you're wondering why plastic is bad, visit the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. They have done cruises into the Pacific Ocean and found tiny pieces of plastic that outnumber zooplankton 6 to 1. Plastic "nurdles" or little unprocessed beads of plastic are the number 1 beach polluter in southern California. They sorb hydrophobic toxins (DDT, PCBs and the like) and then poison the critters that eat them.
Per-song media-less distribution will not cause industry collapse.
Ah, but it will cause collapse of the support industry for hype and distribution of circular pieces of plastic. Which AFAIK is the industry represented by the RIAA.
The iTunes for Windows thing does seem to break that model -- they'll be selling software (on the cheap?) to get people hooked on their content service, is the idea.
Unless they change something, the AAC files they sell to Windows users will play on "iTunes for Windows" or on iPods, but not on any other digital audio players (unless you burn an audio CD). So it will still encourage iPod purchases.
However, the tax rate hasn't changed since 1991, and the more fuel-efficient cars on the highways are sucking down far less fuel.
This is false. The yearly average of the fuel economy of all vehicles purchased each year has declined since 1988, according to the EPA. While both cars and trucks have gotten faster, heavier, and more powerful since 1986 the average mpg of cars has remained around 24mpg and the average mpg of trucks has remained around 18mpg. Since Americans (and presumably Oregonians) have purchased increasing fractions of light trucks every year and decreasing fractions of cars, the overall average has declined. Any fool can see this from looking at the huge vehicles on the road now compared to the mid-80s. Doesn't anyone remember the song about getting in a wreck in a Japanese car?
Furthermore, removing the gas tax will lower the price of gas, which will encourage more consumption. Which means more trucks and further reductions in average efficiency of vehicles purchased each year. Trucks are heavier, and create more wear per mile driven on the roads when compared to lighter, more fuel-efficient cars.
Why would you create an incentive for people to drive more in heavier vehicles if you are having problems keeping roads repaired? It just makes no sense.
Honestly, I don't know what I'd do with a dual 2GHz G4 at the moment...
Well, let's see. You don't have to have one, of course; as the hypothetical 2GHz G4 dualies ramp up the low end machines can get cheaper, smaller, and faster. And you obliquely mention scientific analysis; I analyze weeks worth of timeseries data on a G4 1GHz/DP machine. Right now the code takes 15 minutes and halving that time would be a significant boost. There are some sensitivity tests to model parameters I that I could make more thorough simply by adding points. I could do more in other overnight simulations. And I'm sure gamers and people who grind Photoshop jobs or render all day will appreciate the speed-up.
Finally, there may be something you or I haven't thought of yet. Apple is doing a good job of finding new things for us to do with our faster processors (iDVD, for example, uses a lot of resources) while other software/OS companies have not done such a good job of finding a "killer app" for having computers faster than they were in 1999. Not that iDVD is the killer app -- I think it's still out there waiting to be found.
There was no reason for her name to be mentioned on that website. One point in the lawsuit specifically states that the house is not listed in public records under her name.
The names and place identifications on the website are submitted by visitors to the site. The logical leap to sites like Slashdot is not large.
As someone who lived in the area and frequently surfed in the water offshore of Streisand's house I can assure you that the identity of that home's owner was no secret. I think there may even be a pair of surfers at lower right in the photo although the resolution is too low to make out individuals -- which hardly makes this a "paparazzi" photo.
I'm reading Mitnick's book right now- I can't say I reccomend it.
I would like to read it, but I can't convince my local bookstore clerk to give me a copy for free. If I could only get my hands on a free copy and learn the art of deception, then I could -- damn...
Oh, well what they did to me was announce discounts/rebates for cable modems, quoting the modem rental rate to make it sound like a good deal, then a month or two later (after I bought the modem) they increased their subscription rates and dropped the rental fees on their own modems. fsckers.
How can you change an agreement without the person agreeing to those new changes?
I have seen this not only w.r.t. cable but also credit cards. I can disagree with the changes in both cases by cancelling my cable subscription or cancelling my credit card.
Who wants to go to some sticky-floor theater and eat overpriced greasy popcorn and pay $10 per person for tickets when you can rent a DVD and watch it on your home theater with your friends for less than the price of one ticket?
I find that I often get better sound on my home theater setup than at my local cinema where it is hard to find Dolby Digital and DTS in theaters. It is also, as you say, less expensive and usually cleaner. The cinema can win out, though, with a more immersive experience and a better picture. In particular, the freedom to pause my DVD player at home can break the flow of the film.
... that's impossible. Instead, try to realize the truth... there is no cup.
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Fair enough, maybe it's not that bad, but it certainly seemed blighted compared to New Orleans or Baton Rouge, and I was rather put off by the rampant stench of gasoline when I entered the town.
The only place that seemed worse on our cross-country drive was El Paso.
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Haven't the Tomb Raider games sucked for a while now? The first game was really something back in 1996 when it first came out, with its 3rd-person perspective, but there were at least five sequels to the game before the first movie even came out, with little to no changes to the engine. CORE and Eidos sequelled the game into the ground long before the movies even started to suck.
I go the other way... I wish MacOS X Mail.app would allow me to choose viewing HTML as plain text as the default view, that way I never see HTML email unless I choose to switch my view to viewing as HTML for that one message. Currently it is the opposite.
The reason for my wish is that I rarely receive a legitimate HTML email.
As a frequent Slashdot poster, if given the opportunity to ask yourself a question in a Slashdot interview would you ask yourself a question, and if so, what would that question be? If not, would you save your mod points to moderate up other questions that you wanted to be asked, and if so, which questions would you moderate up?
Let me tell you about TPS reports, Bob...
Prices have not changed for educational institutional purchases, and the prices for individuals haved dropped to match the (formerly) lower institutional prices. At least, that's what I've found from checking on my recent institutional purchase of a 12" PowerBook.
Yes, it is!
Look, I came here to get some questions answered, and you haven't answered them!
Yes I have!
and so on...
HOT OATMEAL! KATEE SACKHOFF NUDE AND STIFF!!!
Judging from what I see on product pages for the Fujitsu LifeBook S6000 you meant to say combo drive, since that is what they have.
I should also point out in addition that the PowerBook drives are slot-loading, while the Fujitsu (and iBook) drives are not.
What, did he use GCC to compile them?! Filth!!! DIE!
- Tom's was using Q3A 1.16 instead of 1.32 (PunkBuster code is thought to be a little slower)
- Tom's used set s_initsound 0 to disable sound while Apple noted default settings, which would imply sound was left on.
- Tom's used demo_001 while Apple used demo_4
So I guess it's up to you to decide in the end if the benchmark was fair or no. I don't know enough about the details of Q3A to say whether the differences above are enough to justify a 30% decrease in framerate. It is worth pointing out that Apple's G5 matched Tom's reported framerates for the fastest Athlon XP.In case you're wondering why plastic is bad, visit the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. They have done cruises into the Pacific Ocean and found tiny pieces of plastic that outnumber zooplankton 6 to 1. Plastic "nurdles" or little unprocessed beads of plastic are the number 1 beach polluter in southern California. They sorb hydrophobic toxins (DDT, PCBs and the like) and then poison the critters that eat them.
Not that that's a bad thing.
Furthermore, removing the gas tax will lower the price of gas, which will encourage more consumption. Which means more trucks and further reductions in average efficiency of vehicles purchased each year. Trucks are heavier, and create more wear per mile driven on the roads when compared to lighter, more fuel-efficient cars.
Why would you create an incentive for people to drive more in heavier vehicles if you are having problems keeping roads repaired? It just makes no sense.
Finally, there may be something you or I haven't thought of yet. Apple is doing a good job of finding new things for us to do with our faster processors (iDVD, for example, uses a lot of resources) while other software/OS companies have not done such a good job of finding a "killer app" for having computers faster than they were in 1999. Not that iDVD is the killer app -- I think it's still out there waiting to be found.
As someone who lived in the area and frequently surfed in the water offshore of Streisand's house I can assure you that the identity of that home's owner was no secret. I think there may even be a pair of surfers at lower right in the photo although the resolution is too low to make out individuals -- which hardly makes this a "paparazzi" photo.
Oh, well what they did to me was announce discounts/rebates for cable modems, quoting the modem rental rate to make it sound like a good deal, then a month or two later (after I bought the modem) they increased their subscription rates and dropped the rental fees on their own modems. fsckers.
... that's impossible. Instead, try to realize the truth... there is no cup.
The only place that seemed worse on our cross-country drive was El Paso.