They don't need a real name or anything. I think I just put a "-" for names and an obviously bad phone number (all 9s or something).
The MAC address is for the license key generation.
Of course, after all that I couldn't get it working properly (for a wmp54g - linksys, uses broadcom chipset) but that may have just been a messed up config somewhere.
I know what you mean. A couple of the MUDs I tried were like that. (Like the one I started walking around then was suddenly looking at my corpse).
Perhaps unsurpringly, the only MUD I spent much time playing was the one where just after spawning at the start, a high level player said "type follow " and got me a bit of decent equipment from the local newbie area by running a macro.
And? Last I checked, WinAMP has a tiny fraction of the capability of iTunes. This isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.
Still doesn't mean it's not bloated. I found ITunes' capabilities (outside of the music store) to be similar to dbpoweramp's, which is much smaller (5-13 megs, depending on what you have open, and lower CPU usage).
Itunes did resize fine for me, though it did seem to be rather much of a resource hog.
I tried out ITunes, but overall I still prefer dbpoweramp as a music player.
It's playlist functionality is kinda weak, but the Music Collection works out quite well, more than covering the flaws. (Apart from the not-very-random 'selective play'). Much less footprint too (5 megs RAM player, 8 megs for jukebox, 0% CPU usage for both on WinXP here; Athlon 1800+).
It's also got better codec support (quite a lot there) - notably ogg and several non-lossy codecs (though I haven't tried the non-lossy). I'd suggest getting the beta version(s) - (seperate player and ripper/converter), they've worked just as well for me and have some minor additional features.
Oh, I'm not saying most of my deaths (including pretty much all of my half-pipe deaths, I'm fine with that stage weirdly enough) weren't because of my stupidity.
But it's not really correct to say that's what all the deaths are like. There are still a fair number of 'dumb luck' deaths on those couple of tracks for me. And that's a big issue when you start getting very few continues.
Still, I got through expert and am occasionally trying master now. I'll eventually get there.
It's, frankly, despite what the article says, frustrating-hard-dumb luck at times. Especially on certain levels (Mute City Serial Gaps, or Phantom Road at anything but Novice) where you can die completely from something that isn't your mistake: Wow, a computer I couldn't see or do antyhing about because I started at the end of the pack and had to pass him (or had just passed him) tapped me, now I hit ice and die before I can react, or hit several bombs in a row and die, or fall of the edge and die, or bounce back and forth and blow up or bounce back and forthand over the wall and die, or go off the edge and die....
There's a reason when the general advice on gamefaqs.com for 'beating cup x on difficulty y' generally involves making sure you lead by 100 points on the final track because on that track the computer will be able to kick your ass and there's nothing you can do about it, so you should just hover at dead last and maybe kill anyone that's a threat because they're probably near enough you that you can deal with them.
Yeah, MNG Support was dropped because of: 1. Size (equal to other image code combined) 2. No Maintainer 3. Little used in the field.
Of course, everyone but the person who dropped it was against the idea, by the looks of the bug discussion, pointing out that (1) was mostly due to redundant code that could be easily dealt with, and could be shrunk further (adds 130k or so on linux, less on windows) (2) It is being worked on now and will have a maintainer once the person working on it has more time (as I understand it), and (3) is irrelevant (it's new, and support is necessary to spread it's use) and largely incorrect anyway, given the number of votes to reinstate it within a couple days of it being dropped.
What solid foundation can morality have besides religion? A deep, unshakable faith in God is really the only thing that can sustain morality through the winter of the soul.
I disagree completely. I have no belief in god - or any religion - and I still have kept my morals intact despite some tough times (psychologically). I keep morals through a deep founded belief that contradicting them is simply wrong, not in a religious sense, but a fundamental sense of you respect and don't mistreat your fellow men (or women).
It's not religious unless you consider every deeply held feeling to be religous, which I also disagree with. Because then you could say that all of the nastier ideas of our past (and present..) are religious because they have been deeply held.
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They don't need a real name or anything. I think I just put a "-" for names and an obviously bad phone number (all 9s or something).
The MAC address is for the license key generation.
Of course, after all that I couldn't get it working properly (for a wmp54g - linksys, uses broadcom chipset) but that may have just been a messed up config somewhere.
I know what you mean. A couple of the MUDs I tried were like that. (Like the one I started walking around then was suddenly looking at my corpse).
Perhaps unsurpringly, the only MUD I spent much time playing was the one where just after spawning at the start, a high level player said "type follow " and got me a bit of decent equipment from the local newbie area by running a macro.
And? Last I checked, WinAMP has a tiny fraction of the capability of iTunes. This isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.
Still doesn't mean it's not bloated. I found ITunes' capabilities (outside of the music store) to be similar to dbpoweramp's, which is much smaller (5-13 megs, depending on what you have open, and lower CPU usage).
Itunes did resize fine for me, though it did seem to be rather much of a resource hog.
He did say he was getting dissatisified with Winamp, and that he was 'still looking.'
Presumably, that means he doesn't like the UI for Winamp, WMP, or RealPlayer either.
I agree with you on the file extensions, though - almost every player fights for them.
I tried out ITunes, but overall I still prefer dbpoweramp as a music player.
It's playlist functionality is kinda weak, but the Music Collection works out quite well, more than covering the flaws. (Apart from the not-very-random 'selective play'). Much less footprint too (5 megs RAM player, 8 megs for jukebox, 0% CPU usage for both on WinXP here; Athlon 1800+).
It's also got better codec support (quite a lot there) - notably ogg and several non-lossy codecs (though I haven't tried the non-lossy). I'd suggest getting the beta version(s) - (seperate player and ripper/converter), they've worked just as well for me and have some minor additional features.
Oh, I'm not saying most of my deaths (including pretty much all of my half-pipe deaths, I'm fine with that stage weirdly enough) weren't because of my stupidity.
But it's not really correct to say that's what all the deaths are like. There are still a fair number of 'dumb luck' deaths on those couple of tracks for me. And that's a big issue when you start getting very few continues.
Still, I got through expert and am occasionally trying master now. I'll eventually get there.
Well, I have a different issue with F-Zero.
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It's, frankly, despite what the article says, frustrating-hard-dumb luck at times. Especially on certain levels (Mute City Serial Gaps, or Phantom Road at anything but Novice) where you can die completely from something that isn't your mistake: Wow, a computer I couldn't see or do antyhing about because I started at the end of the pack and had to pass him (or had just passed him) tapped me, now I hit ice and die before I can react, or hit several bombs in a row and die, or fall of the edge and die, or bounce back and forth and blow up or bounce back and forthand over the wall and die, or go off the edge and die
There's a reason when the general advice on gamefaqs.com for 'beating cup x on difficulty y' generally involves making sure you lead by 100 points on the final track because on that track the computer will be able to kick your ass and there's nothing you can do about it, so you should just hover at dead last and maybe kill anyone that's a threat because they're probably near enough you that you can deal with them.
Yeah, MNG Support was dropped because of:
1. Size (equal to other image code combined)
2. No Maintainer
3. Little used in the field.
Of course, everyone but the person who dropped it was against the idea, by the looks of the bug discussion, pointing out that
(1) was mostly due to redundant code that could be easily dealt with, and could be shrunk further (adds 130k or so on linux, less on windows)
(2) It is being worked on now and will have a maintainer once the person working on it has more time (as I understand it), and
(3) is irrelevant (it's new, and support is necessary to spread it's use) and largely incorrect anyway, given the number of votes to reinstate it within a couple days of it being dropped.
I disagree completely. I have no belief in god - or any religion - and I still have kept my morals intact despite some tough times (psychologically). I keep morals through a deep founded belief that contradicting them is simply wrong, not in a religious sense, but a fundamental sense of you respect and don't mistreat your fellow men (or women).
It's not religious unless you consider every deeply held feeling to be religous, which I also disagree with. Because then you could say that all of the nastier ideas of our past (and present..) are religious because they have been deeply held.