The other problem is that macs don't depreciate as fast. Even if a new PC and new Mac cost the same (they don't) a 2 year old PC and 2 year old Mac are completely different stories.
Idunno, when I was a kid I played an assoad of brain-teaser games like Lemmings and The Incredible Machine (not twitch-puzzles like Tetris). I'm certain that those things expand your problem-solving ability better than anything else. There's some real educational value.
VCTF is popular as well. And some games have good DM, but most of the new FPS games just don't do it right. UT's DM has always been weak. The best DM I've ever played will always be Liero.
Its not just that its set on Mars - it's that it has nothing to do with Doom at all.
- not set on Mars, but "random alien planet". - BFG is "bio force gun" - heros will be more "commando-style" and less army looking (from the interviews). - bad guys are experiments, not Demons from Hell.
Wait, they're chaning the C++ ABI? Mhh... hmmpph.... HAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I know programmers who said "Yes! I can finally code my Linux apps in C++!" when the last ABI was declared "final". Nice move. Way to screw the developers.
Just because someone needs a lawyer, doesn't mean they like lawyers. Actually, I'd think its the other way around - I'm sure many people who have needed a lawyer hate them _more_ than those who don't.
Why not skip all the steps and go straight to the flares? Seems to me that a decent fireworks display would be a heck of a lot more noticeable than a funny blinking light. More reliable too. Still, the US mil has lately developed a thing for all things computer-guided and sexy and high tech - barbaric primitive solutions like firing an assload of flares into the sky probably rubs them the wrong way.
Plus, I suppose that the targetted lasers are probably cheaper in the long-run, if this happens often.
While I agree that the incompatibility is a bad thing, I think the forking off of Debian is a great idea. Debian offers a nice, single, consolidated infrastructure for Linux. In a certain way, Debian _is_ Linux. It's a democratic infrastructure for free Linux software. It provides a great source for building specialised distros (like the desktop-oriented Ubuntu)
Now, the problem is that people are building debs against Ubuntu, when Debian should be the target to build for.
Personally, I think the best approach would be for Debian maintainers to create an official "Debian Standard" easy-to-use distro based on Ubuntu, but fully compatible with the Debian. The principal being of having a simple-to-install distro for.deb makers to develop against. Then get Ubuntu and other Debian based distros to endorse Deb Standard as a standard platform to create.debs against (which would make sense - they owe Debian for their existence).
Given the abysmal failure of most people to demonstrate any mental flow of logic and ideas, but who have tons of very creative thoughts about reality, I think I'd appreciate more people like that. But maybe I follow too much politics.
Terrible example - in many places such practices are legal.
Now, the difference is when your personal activity they're considering is something totally lawful. For example, lets say your employer is very opinionated Mormon, and thus believes that alcohol is spiritually unhealthy (or is just otherwise rather prudish). They stumble upon your blog, where you describe your last drunken bender with your friends, how you puked up your lungs and were hung over for 2 days. Its all perfectly legal, but many people object to that kind of behaviour - and it's not constitutionally protected like race and suchlike.
That sort of stuff is none of their business in their professional capacity as an employer. They are perfectly free to ask you about your habits, read about them, whatever - but not to use that as a basis for hiring/review decisions.
I disagree - I don't know anybody who went to see all the historical action films that were made in the wake of LotR (like Alexander or Troy). Big action doesn't just cut it.
Imho, its WW2. For some reason, any movie about WW2 is an automatic success. If its a big war movie, its a success. If it has anything to do with being opressed by the Germans, it is a big success and an oscar winner.
Quality is irrelevant. Put a nazi in the flick and you have a hit.
I hope not - Q2's DM had a specific character to it that Q3's lacked. The huge maps, the total lack of weapon balance, the love for bizarre trains and crushers - you didn't see this in Quake 3. The lack of weapon balance meant that the maps could have more intricate layouts - you can stay in the middle where the midrange weapons are, or go running off to hunt down the big toys.
Come on - who here didn't play The Edge and Tokay's Towers to death? I've seen those maps ported to other games, and none of them work as well as they do on Quake 2 because they don't play like Quake 2.
Not to say that I don't love other games - I'm a big UT player. I just remember that Quake 2 had a very unique playstyle, and I was hoping that would be in Quake 4. Likewise, I am disappointed that Doom 3 didn't have a mode in deathmatch to bring back Doom 2's super-slippery-fast physics.
Actually, I found it quite fun on the console, but only because it's wonderful to play the game with 2 players on the same screen. Great party atmosphere - gives a nice Gauntlet flavour to the game.
While I really shouldn't flame - I can think of a good counterargument:
While its nice that you enjoy and excel at wheelchair racing in the paralympics... why not stand up and race for real on your feet, since you are physically capable of it? Why resign yourself to a slower, clumsier device?
I can appreciate the appeal of console games - the party atmosphere, the "dive and and play" ease - except when it comes to FPS games, where I'm just frustrated on the console. Console FPS games make me feel like a cripple.
I disagree. I resisted mouseaiming for a long time (stalwartly playing AvsP with a keyboard), but am now a hard-core FPSer (in preference, not skill - I still suck). I got into Unreal Tournament and Goldeneye at about the same time, and quickly decided which one I preferred.
Take a look at UT2k4 - that game is blazingly fast. And yes, having a sweet framerate won't get you far in the vehicle-oriented modes - a tank is still a tank... but in DM or CTF you'll still find the same Quake-style gameplay.
And I agree - playing an FPS on a console is incredibly frustrating. It feels like you're trying to aim while wearing boxing gloves.'
Still, its nice when games are well-designed for console gameplay. Halo takes it nice and slow, Goldeneye kept the maps flat - OutTrigger (a fave of mine) actually managed to do a pretty fast rocket-arena style DM FPS on the Dreamcast by giving the players massive auto-aim.
This can't be stated enough - the things that made Halo II survive on the console were that they were really willing to compromise on the gameplay in order to fit the controls. You don't notice on the TV screen, but compared to every PC game these titles are slow as molasses. To me, when you combine the clumsy gamepad, the blurry display, the tiny gameplay, and the slow speed, Goldeneye always felt like playing an FPS while suffering from a degenerative neurological condition.
The mouse & keyboard vs. joystick and separate-screen vs. shared screen are now the biggest differences between consoles and PC titles. Strategy games don't catch on nearly as much on consoles because they don't have the mouse and keyboard. Fighting games, racing games, and adventure titles don't fit on the PC because the mouse and keyboard are pretty weak for those.
Meanwhile, multiplayer strategy games don't happen at all on the console because you can see the other player's screen. Likewise, multiplayer shared-screen action games don't happen on PC because nobody has 2 joysticks (or 2 mice or keyboards) for their PC.
Hm... as cool as that is, I think they missed an opportunity to get some nerd points by casting Leonard Nimoy for Megatron (yeah, Galvatron from the movie).
I've always had this perverse fantasy to bug Nimoy to bug Nimoy about that character he used to play and see how long it takes him to figure out that I don't mean Spock.
I've heard of cases where the "check engine light" went off because the gas cap wasn't screwed in hard enough. That really makes no sense - I mean, if you've already got a sensor in the gas cap, why not put an LED right on the goddamn thing, instead of running cable through the whole body up to the dash?
Keep in mind that in some places you can't get a car certified (emissions, safety, whatever) if a check engine light is on.
I still think the Mars mission is a death march. NASA isn't supposed to complete it - they're supposed to transfer their whole budget over to the Mars mission and then fail because even that much money isn't enough to get to Mars.
Then, the agency will be in total public disrepute and can easily be downsized to a near-negligible scale.
Shockwave was the one-eyed purple guy who turned into a big flying gun and ruled cybertron. Soundwave was the old tape deck.
Actually, the absurdity of a giant robot transforming into something 8 inches wide probably means that Shockwave, Megatron, and Reflector (the camera) will likely be reformatted into something new, I'll bet. For example, perhaps they'll use the tank-version Megatron from the Generation 2 line of toys.
Still, overall this movie can be really good. After seeing the Citroen movie (and its predecessor - a strikingly similar hobbiest movie using a new Bug... it had the same shaky, wobbly camera, for example) I think that the transformers can be animated very well. They'll probably have to take some liberties with the designs - the toys were often only vaguely humanoid, and meanwhile the cartoon characters often involved physically impossible transformations.
First, I actually like the voice from the Mainframe Beast Wars series. That being said _nobody_ would be as good as Peter Cullen, and it rocks that they got him.
The real question is whether anybody's willing to shove razorblades down their larynx to play StarScream.
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The other problem is that macs don't depreciate as fast. Even if a new PC and new Mac cost the same (they don't) a 2 year old PC and 2 year old Mac are completely different stories.
Idunno, when I was a kid I played an assoad of brain-teaser games like Lemmings and The Incredible Machine (not twitch-puzzles like Tetris). I'm certain that those things expand your problem-solving ability better than anything else. There's some real educational value.
VCTF is popular as well. And some games have good DM, but most of the new FPS games just don't do it right. UT's DM has always been weak. The best DM I've ever played will always be Liero.
Its not just that its set on Mars - it's that it has nothing to do with Doom at all.
- not set on Mars, but "random alien planet".
- BFG is "bio force gun"
- heros will be more "commando-style" and less army looking (from the interviews).
- bad guys are experiments, not Demons from Hell.
So, is that sounding *anything* like Doom to you?
I thought it was "nobody ever got fired for buying an evil microsoft product"
Wait, they're chaning the C++ ABI? Mhh... hmmpph.... HAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I know programmers who said "Yes! I can finally code my Linux apps in C++!" when the last ABI was declared "final". Nice move. Way to screw the developers.
Just because someone needs a lawyer, doesn't mean they like lawyers. Actually, I'd think its the other way around - I'm sure many people who have needed a lawyer hate them _more_ than those who don't.
Why not skip all the steps and go straight to the flares? Seems to me that a decent fireworks display would be a heck of a lot more noticeable than a funny blinking light. More reliable too. Still, the US mil has lately developed a thing for all things computer-guided and sexy and high tech - barbaric primitive solutions like firing an assload of flares into the sky probably rubs them the wrong way.
Plus, I suppose that the targetted lasers are probably cheaper in the long-run, if this happens often.
While I agree that the incompatibility is a bad thing, I think the forking off of Debian is a great idea. Debian offers a nice, single, consolidated infrastructure for Linux. In a certain way, Debian _is_ Linux. It's a democratic infrastructure for free Linux software. It provides a great source for building specialised distros (like the desktop-oriented Ubuntu)
.deb makers to develop against. Then get Ubuntu and other Debian based distros to endorse Deb Standard as a standard platform to create .debs against (which would make sense - they owe Debian for their existence).
Now, the problem is that people are building debs against Ubuntu, when Debian should be the target to build for.
Personally, I think the best approach would be for Debian maintainers to create an official "Debian Standard" easy-to-use distro based on Ubuntu, but fully compatible with the Debian. The principal being of having a simple-to-install distro for
Funny, I thought of a completely different game.
Yay! We've got moho mines now! I can start working on my BB and turn off the metal makers.
Given the abysmal failure of most people to demonstrate any mental flow of logic and ideas, but who have tons of very creative thoughts about reality, I think I'd appreciate more people like that. But maybe I follow too much politics.
Midtown NYC white-collar criminal defense firm.
I'm betting there are less than two dozen of those. From the details of her blog, I doubt it would be hard to discern her true identity.
Terrible example - in many places such practices are legal.
Now, the difference is when your personal activity they're considering is something totally lawful. For example, lets say your employer is very opinionated Mormon, and thus believes that alcohol is spiritually unhealthy (or is just otherwise rather prudish). They stumble upon your blog, where you describe your last drunken bender with your friends, how you puked up your lungs and were hung over for 2 days. Its all perfectly legal, but many people object to that kind of behaviour - and it's not constitutionally protected like race and suchlike.
That sort of stuff is none of their business in their professional capacity as an employer. They are perfectly free to ask you about your habits, read about them, whatever - but not to use that as a basis for hiring/review decisions.
I disagree - I don't know anybody who went to see all the historical action films that were made in the wake of LotR (like Alexander or Troy). Big action doesn't just cut it.
Imho, its WW2. For some reason, any movie about WW2 is an automatic success. If its a big war movie, its a success. If it has anything to do with being opressed by the Germans, it is a big success and an oscar winner.
Quality is irrelevant. Put a nazi in the flick and you have a hit.
I hope not - Q2's DM had a specific character to it that Q3's lacked. The huge maps, the total lack of weapon balance, the love for bizarre trains and crushers - you didn't see this in Quake 3. The lack of weapon balance meant that the maps could have more intricate layouts - you can stay in the middle where the midrange weapons are, or go running off to hunt down the big toys.
Come on - who here didn't play The Edge and Tokay's Towers to death? I've seen those maps ported to other games, and none of them work as well as they do on Quake 2 because they don't play like Quake 2.
Not to say that I don't love other games - I'm a big UT player. I just remember that Quake 2 had a very unique playstyle, and I was hoping that would be in Quake 4. Likewise, I am disappointed that Doom 3 didn't have a mode in deathmatch to bring back Doom 2's super-slippery-fast physics.
Actually, I found it quite fun on the console, but only because it's wonderful to play the game with 2 players on the same screen. Great party atmosphere - gives a nice Gauntlet flavour to the game.
While I really shouldn't flame - I can think of a good counterargument:
While its nice that you enjoy and excel at wheelchair racing in the paralympics... why not stand up and race for real on your feet, since you are physically capable of it? Why resign yourself to a slower, clumsier device?
I can appreciate the appeal of console games - the party atmosphere, the "dive and and play" ease - except when it comes to FPS games, where I'm just frustrated on the console. Console FPS games make me feel like a cripple.
I disagree. I resisted mouseaiming for a long time (stalwartly playing AvsP with a keyboard), but am now a hard-core FPSer (in preference, not skill - I still suck). I got into Unreal Tournament and Goldeneye at about the same time, and quickly decided which one I preferred.
Take a look at UT2k4 - that game is blazingly fast. And yes, having a sweet framerate won't get you far in the vehicle-oriented modes - a tank is still a tank... but in DM or CTF you'll still find the same Quake-style gameplay.
And I agree - playing an FPS on a console is incredibly frustrating. It feels like you're trying to aim while wearing boxing gloves.'
Still, its nice when games are well-designed for console gameplay. Halo takes it nice and slow, Goldeneye kept the maps flat - OutTrigger (a fave of mine) actually managed to do a pretty fast rocket-arena style DM FPS on the Dreamcast by giving the players massive auto-aim.
This can't be stated enough - the things that made Halo II survive on the console were that they were really willing to compromise on the gameplay in order to fit the controls. You don't notice on the TV screen, but compared to every PC game these titles are slow as molasses. To me, when you combine the clumsy gamepad, the blurry display, the tiny gameplay, and the slow speed, Goldeneye always felt like playing an FPS while suffering from a degenerative neurological condition.
The mouse & keyboard vs. joystick and separate-screen vs. shared screen are now the biggest differences between consoles and PC titles. Strategy games don't catch on nearly as much on consoles because they don't have the mouse and keyboard. Fighting games, racing games, and adventure titles don't fit on the PC because the mouse and keyboard are pretty weak for those.
Meanwhile, multiplayer strategy games don't happen at all on the console because you can see the other player's screen. Likewise, multiplayer shared-screen action games don't happen on PC because nobody has 2 joysticks (or 2 mice or keyboards) for their PC.
Hm... as cool as that is, I think they missed an opportunity to get some nerd points by casting Leonard Nimoy for Megatron (yeah, Galvatron from the movie).
I've always had this perverse fantasy to bug Nimoy to bug Nimoy about that character he used to play and see how long it takes him to figure out that I don't mean Spock.
I've heard of cases where the "check engine light" went off because the gas cap wasn't screwed in hard enough. That really makes no sense - I mean, if you've already got a sensor in the gas cap, why not put an LED right on the goddamn thing, instead of running cable through the whole body up to the dash?
Keep in mind that in some places you can't get a car certified (emissions, safety, whatever) if a check engine light is on.
I still think the Mars mission is a death march. NASA isn't supposed to complete it - they're supposed to transfer their whole budget over to the Mars mission and then fail because even that much money isn't enough to get to Mars.
Then, the agency will be in total public disrepute and can easily be downsized to a near-negligible scale.
Okay, I just outnerded you.
Shockwave was the one-eyed purple guy who turned into a big flying gun and ruled cybertron. Soundwave was the old tape deck.
Actually, the absurdity of a giant robot transforming into something 8 inches wide probably means that Shockwave, Megatron, and Reflector (the camera) will likely be reformatted into something new, I'll bet. For example, perhaps they'll use the tank-version Megatron from the Generation 2 line of toys.
Still, overall this movie can be really good. After seeing the Citroen movie (and its predecessor - a strikingly similar hobbiest movie using a new Bug... it had the same shaky, wobbly camera, for example) I think that the transformers can be animated very well. They'll probably have to take some liberties with the designs - the toys were often only vaguely humanoid, and meanwhile the cartoon characters often involved physically impossible transformations.
First, I actually like the voice from the Mainframe Beast Wars series. That being said _nobody_ would be as good as Peter Cullen, and it rocks that they got him.
The real question is whether anybody's willing to shove razorblades down their larynx to play StarScream.