I rememeber that Russia once developed a base-3 computer called ``Trinity''. I cant find a link on it, but I know that it worked. I cannot imagine how logical operations would work on such a thing though.
I dunno, I don't even use Gamespy. But supposedly, the 1.6 patch (should be out today IIRC) will have better support in-game for favorite servers.
Improved Server Browser
* Support for favorite servers as a separate list accessible from the filters pane. NOTE: The favorite servers list must be refreshed manually to reflect the latest information from these servers.
* Added button to place server in favorites list.
* Much better filters and updated performance.
* Added new filter buttons:
o Populated only.
o Favorites.
o Pure Servers (Content Check).
o PunkBuster only
* Server Information pane will now detail which mods are present in the server rotation - Fixed the "Add server" button in the in-game server browser- now works for servers that use the standard GameSpy BF1942 ports.
* Added button which takes you to the server rental service website.
* Added LEGEND button (looks like question mark). This details what the main icons represent in the Server Browser Interface.
especially on an assault maps such as Omaha or Market Garden
Good thing I almost never play them, then.:-) I prefer the large tank maps like El Al, Aberdeen and Gazala. Ah fair Gazala, how I miss thee.
it would be cool if someone ran a server that was sort of semi-public--having ~16 "clued" players, plus the smattering of outside people
Some of the better public clan servers work that way, sometimes. Ours are either like that or total ghost towns, it seems like a 50-50 chance any given night. Faust & Turdys is another good one, BTW.
Me too. Most of the time I play on pub servers, I prefer to play with the 'losing' side. It's more fun to kill the overdogs.:-)
TGBF looks very interesting, but all the games seem to be 8v8
Yeah, most ladders we're in are 8on8 but I don't play those matches much, they're a little too serious and often on bad times for my schedule. We did have an internal league just before X-mas and more or less regular fragnights and I try to catch those whenever I can.
And man, how you find time (or maybe escape:) with 2 kids for games...I barely manage with a girlfriend!
Find her a time-consuming hobby.:-)
Seriously, I sometimes play during the day (self-employed consultant) and some nights when the kids are asleep and she's off singing in her choir. Most of TGBF are actually in our late 30s, with kids and families. Hell, Bang58 is pushing 50 with three kids who are all playing! The whole family's good players, too.:-)
As kiddies are concerned, I don't mind them _too_ much--they taste great.
:-D I find that after a while, they turn sour. I prefer something with a little more spice.;-)
You get to the point where you just leave games that are completely idiotic, and otherwise team up with clued peopele and get soemthing done.
That's basically how I found TGBF. Not trying to sound like a recruitment poster or anything, but still.
I _highly_ recommend grabbing a copy of Secret Weapons and trying out Objective mode
Hm, maybe I will. I feel torn already, what with a third kid coming soon, lots of work, bf1942 and Desert Combat (it's great fun, but amazingly feels even less real than bf1942)... And soon:
I hope EA doesn't sideline that game too soon for something newer
What you should try at some point is sniping as engineer.
Oh, I do. After all, it's the same rifle, just without the scope. Actually, what I miss most being an engie is the 'nades. It's just not the same tossing expacks at people.;-)
And most of the time when I'm a sniper for fun, it's to hunt down another sniper. Yes, it stings more if I hit him with the engie rifle, but most of the time he's too hard to spot. Unless it's a n00b, in which case you can go around a bit and get him with the knife.;-)
And, while I mostly play CTF, I have found that when playing CQ, it can be valuable to be a spotter for the arty - mostly taking out planes and AA. So the sniper class in bf1942 has some value, unlike the AWP whores in CS... I totally agree with the article in that respect.
I love going sniper hunting with a regular rifle--it really pisses off the kiddies.
If you want as kiddie-free an experience as possible, check out www.tgbf.org.
Yeah, I prefer playing as engie too. However, sometimes it's fun to go sniping, especially to pick people off the AA guns. A sniper's rifle is a precision instrument and should be used with surgical precision to pick off strategically important targets at the tactically right moment. Or just for fun.
I guess learning how to do things on your own is going the way of the do-do bird, so to speak.
Sick of gentoo zealots throwing plugs in completely unrelated topics? Me too!
Doesn't really matter. The point is, you block the poisoned address and go to the next one. That's why there's a 2 in my address here - I once got a spam to the "slashdot" address. That's probably a few years ago, now. Nothing to this one, yet.
So you are saying that moving is free? That eating and staying alive while uprooting, possibly leaving behind a job, is free? You're making the Anonymous Strawman argument, but he's not living on Endor, is he?
The land they are attempting to farm has been suitable in the past. For various reasons like over-grazing, drought or war, this has changed. No, I'm not saying that money always is the answer. Resources to help them move, change their habits, stop pollution and war are answers though and most of them cost money.
It's also possible that a kid, seeing the restored Saturn V, gets the inspiration he or she needs to become a scientist and solve the world's problems. This is the future we're talking about here, and inherent in it's nature lies the fact that we can't predict it. We make the best guesses, priorities and best-informed decisions we can and live with them.
Just so I'm clear on this; your argument is that if we don't feed them now, the Ethiopian stickmen are liable to invade the U.S. later..?
Yes, but that comes much later. First off, the Albanians will flood Italy and sundry Africans will flood into Spain and France. The Indians are already flooding the US job market it seems, as are the Baltics starting to put dents in the Scandinavian economies. The North Vietnamese aren't too happy with starvation as an option to threatening with nukes. And then there's the Chinese...
Besides, I never mentioned an invasion. All it takes are a few dedicated stickmen with nothing to lose and a few airplanes... The trick is not to keep them from the airplanes, the trick is to take away their "nothing-to-lose-so-I-might-as-well-be-a-martyr" motive.
Damn. I have modpoints, but no "-1 Troll, Insightful but Heartless Cynical Bastard, Flamebait and Underrated" mod option. Oh, well.
In a short-sighted, cold and logical sort of way, you are absolutely correct. However, we as a species like to think that we are both social and moral creatures and our actions today affect our lives tomorrow. Therefore, just letting the 3rd world starve is not just wrong in a moral sense, it's not smart considering what will happen a few years down the road when the remaining billions come for our throats.
Then again, we (the peoples of the "West") really need to have this discussion. We've needed it for over a hundred years, but no one has been willing to pick it up, for various reasons. USA for Africa is just a Band-Aid (in your face, Bob Geldof!), but we will need to help them somehow, and soon - if for no other reason than our own long-term survival on this planet. The present state of affairs is not sustainable.
Re:Some of the early plans are a bit out there
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Not only would I volunteer to be sent on a one way trip, I would pay them for the opportunity.
Let me guess, you'd be willing to pay every dime you've got in cash since you know that the McDonald's at the Sea of Tranquility takes plastic?
They flew in near-vacuum. Beagle 2 didn't create a wake and it's still too soon to hold one for the poor dog. Beagle 2 can not affect the Mars Rovers in any way.
Unless, of course, Spirit decides to hit Beagle 2 on the nose. That would really lend a new meaning to the phrase "Reach out and touch someone".
"I'll put Spirit in the corner pocket, sinking Beagle 2 on the way"
Slashdot Mirror
Easy, just add a new boolean named "maybe".
Elected? More like selected by the Supreme Court.
Well, Booble returns exactly 0 (zero) hits for the term "pr0n". So much for that "service". Try it on Google instead and hit the I Feel Lucky button.
Too bad everyhting looks like sand bunkers and that Beagle wound up in the club house chimney.
Good thing I almost never play them, then. :-) I prefer the large tank maps like El Al, Aberdeen and Gazala. Ah fair Gazala, how I miss thee.
it would be cool if someone ran a server that was sort of semi-public--having ~16 "clued" players, plus the smattering of outside people
Some of the better public clan servers work that way, sometimes. Ours are either like that or total ghost towns, it seems like a 50-50 chance any given night. Faust & Turdys is another good one, BTW.
Me too. Most of the time I play on pub servers, I prefer to play with the 'losing' side. It's more fun to kill the overdogs. :-)
TGBF looks very interesting, but all the games seem to be 8v8
Yeah, most ladders we're in are 8on8 but I don't play those matches much, they're a little too serious and often on bad times for my schedule. We did have an internal league just before X-mas and more or less regular fragnights and I try to catch those whenever I can.
And man, how you find time (or maybe escape :) with 2 kids for games...I barely manage with a girlfriend!
Find her a time-consuming hobby. :-)
Seriously, I sometimes play during the day (self-employed consultant) and some nights when the kids are asleep and she's off singing in her choir. Most of TGBF are actually in our late 30s, with kids and families. Hell, Bang58 is pushing 50 with three kids who are all playing! The whole family's good players, too. :-)
No, I... We... Damn. You win. :-(
You get to the point where you just leave games that are completely idiotic, and otherwise team up with clued peopele and get soemthing done.
That's basically how I found TGBF. Not trying to sound like a recruitment poster or anything, but still.
I _highly_ recommend grabbing a copy of Secret Weapons and trying out Objective mode
Hm, maybe I will. I feel torn already, what with a third kid coming soon, lots of work, bf1942 and Desert Combat (it's great fun, but amazingly feels even less real than bf1942)... And soon:
I hope EA doesn't sideline that game too soon for something newer
Oh, they will: BF 'Nam.
Oh, I do. After all, it's the same rifle, just without the scope. Actually, what I miss most being an engie is the 'nades. It's just not the same tossing expacks at people. ;-)
And most of the time when I'm a sniper for fun, it's to hunt down another sniper. Yes, it stings more if I hit him with the engie rifle, but most of the time he's too hard to spot. Unless it's a n00b, in which case you can go around a bit and get him with the knife. ;-)
And, while I mostly play CTF, I have found that when playing CQ, it can be valuable to be a spotter for the arty - mostly taking out planes and AA. So the sniper class in bf1942 has some value, unlike the AWP whores in CS... I totally agree with the article in that respect.
I love going sniper hunting with a regular rifle--it really pisses off the kiddies.
If you want as kiddie-free an experience as possible, check out www.tgbf.org.
Especially if the deathcam is off. :-)
Sick of gentoo zealots throwing plugs in completely unrelated topics? Me too!
PARSE ERROR! Does not compute.
Doesn't really matter. The point is, you block the poisoned address and go to the next one. That's why there's a 2 in my address here - I once got a spam to the "slashdot" address. That's probably a few years ago, now. Nothing to this one, yet.
The land they are attempting to farm has been suitable in the past. For various reasons like over-grazing, drought or war, this has changed. No, I'm not saying that money always is the answer. Resources to help them move, change their habits, stop pollution and war are answers though and most of them cost money.
It's also possible that a kid, seeing the restored Saturn V, gets the inspiration he or she needs to become a scientist and solve the world's problems. This is the future we're talking about here, and inherent in it's nature lies the fact that we can't predict it. We make the best guesses, priorities and best-informed decisions we can and live with them.
Yes, but that comes much later. First off, the Albanians will flood Italy and sundry Africans will flood into Spain and France. The Indians are already flooding the US job market it seems, as are the Baltics starting to put dents in the Scandinavian economies. The North Vietnamese aren't too happy with starvation as an option to threatening with nukes. And then there's the Chinese...
Besides, I never mentioned an invasion. All it takes are a few dedicated stickmen with nothing to lose and a few airplanes... The trick is not to keep them from the airplanes, the trick is to take away their "nothing-to-lose-so-I-might-as-well-be-a-martyr" motive.
In a short-sighted, cold and logical sort of way, you are absolutely correct. However, we as a species like to think that we are both social and moral creatures and our actions today affect our lives tomorrow. Therefore, just letting the 3rd world starve is not just wrong in a moral sense, it's not smart considering what will happen a few years down the road when the remaining billions come for our throats.
Then again, we (the peoples of the "West") really need to have this discussion. We've needed it for over a hundred years, but no one has been willing to pick it up, for various reasons. USA for Africa is just a Band-Aid (in your face, Bob Geldof!), but we will need to help them somehow, and soon - if for no other reason than our own long-term survival on this planet. The present state of affairs is not sustainable.
Let me guess, you'd be willing to pay every dime you've got in cash since you know that the McDonald's at the Sea of Tranquility takes plastic?
You are upside-down - up has become down and down is up. Please turn yourself over.
I myself have upgraded twice, first from Win2000 Server to Red Hat 8 and then to Gentoo.
They flew in near-vacuum. Beagle 2 didn't create a wake and it's still too soon to hold one for the poor dog. Beagle 2 can not affect the Mars Rovers in any way.
Unless, of course, Spirit decides to hit Beagle 2 on the nose. That would really lend a new meaning to the phrase "Reach out and touch someone".
"I'll put Spirit in the corner pocket, sinking Beagle 2 on the way"
You're new here, aren't... Oh, nevermind...
So what you're saying is basically that we should Slashdot the stock market. Wouldn't that be considered a DDOS on capitalism itself?
I disagree. Logic dictates that to be a wanker you need to have a dick, it's not enough to be one.
Wow, using Slashdot as a distributed AI debugger... Wonder if that's patented yet?
+2 Funny and Informative. :-)
Easy: Because PDF was not invented in Redmond. But that doesn't explain why they aren't using RTF...