No fancy graphics here; it's pure turn-based puzzle, kind of a mix of Nethack and Gauntlet. Everything from horde monster fights to door-lock puzzles to old classic riddles.
Not sure if anyone noticed, but a major feature that was promised for iChat in Leopard has somehow disappeared.
From the Leopard Sneak Peak, still in Google's cache here
Share and share alike
Remote control takes on a whole new meaning with iChat in Leopard. Thanks to iChat Screen Sharing, you and your buddy can observe and control a single desktop via iChat, making it a cinch to collaborate with colleagues, browse the Web with a friend, or pick the perfect plane seats with your spouse. Share your own desktop or share your buddy's -- you both have complete control at all times. And when you start a Screen Sharing session, iChat automatically initiates an audio chat so you can talk things through while you're at it.
This sucks. I was really hoping to replace my kludgy VNC setups and NAT tables with a clean, elegant, and free remote desktop solution. Thanks a lot Apple!
I can't "prove" I love my father, but I can't "prove" the Earth goes around the sun either. What I CAN do is provide a lot of supporting evidence, and point to the lack of any refuting evidence.
For example, show me pictures of my father and pictures of strangers, and see what areas of my brain light up when I look at each. Or analyze the neural chemistry during each of those tests.
Now we just have to figure out if the amount of energy needed to synthesize the blood protein (say, X liters of hydrogen in a fuel cell) is less than the energy of the hydrogen produced from this process...:)
Consider this: Mac OS X stores many things (including applications) as packages. For example, Skype.app looks like an application in the Finder, but it's actually a directory containing several files in a number of subdirectories.
When I download a new Skype.app from the Net to replace my existing Skype.app, I drag the new one into the/Applications folder. The Finder asks if I want to replace the old Skype.app. Replacing it completely is the correct behavior. I do not want any remnants of the old one to be left around inside the.app package.
I, too, have looked into building my own HD-capable DVR. But until one can follow shows around like Tivo, they're just noisy VCRs.
This is something I really value about my TiVo. I didn't know that none of the PC-based solutions had this basic feature. Looks like I'll be sticking with TiVo for a while.
Keep in mind that once you have physical access to the machine, all bets are off.
However...
Google's tool could be a danger if someone figures out a way to launch it remotely, by getting a user to click a link, or through some Windows exploit. If so, it's plausible that a remote attacker could gain access to the cache and use the information to gain administrative access to the machine.
--- "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -Sir Stephen Henry Roberts
I'm sure ATI or third parties would like to release a Mac card, but don't they have to get their drivers into an OS X update first?
Other than the driver issue, I don't know why there would be a delay. The PCI architecture should be the same across platforms. I was born at a very early age
At my company they make me sit in a small gray box with a computer. The walls are only about 6 feet high!
And it doesn't end there. My small gray box is just one in a sea of boxes, it's like some cruel farming experiment. Every so often, yet another manager comes by and asks about some memo or putting a stupid cover page on some report. And they expect me to just sit here all day and type stuff into this PC.
I'm a Cornell grad and I still use my cornell.edu e-mail address. And yes, it gets a sizable amount of spam. Maybe this bandwidth limit is to prevent spammers setting up relays from resnet computers.
The longest week he has logged was 106 hours, and 60-hour-plus weeks are typical in deadline crunches, he said.'"
At least he gets paid. Blizzard is beta-testing the Warcraft 3 expansion pack by sending it out to 10000 random testers, who are willing to find bugs for free. It's like a second, unpaid job.
NVidia missed a manufacturing cycle and now it's coming back to haunt them. They really need to drop the FX and concentrate on whatever new architecture is currently being tossed around in R&D.
Originally I was planning to buy the successor to the NV30 for a great experience in Quake III and better framerates in older games. But now it looks like I'll be laying out the dough on whatever ATI brings out early next year.
Treasures/gifts/secrets: Treasure boxes, GF's, summons, spells. All those things that RPG geeks say to friend "Hey, I've got the wings of wonder, you haven't found them yet?", or "Check out this spell of almighty flatuation, it does 3000 damage+poison effet".
One thing that annoys me (more than anything) are secrets that cannot be gotten once you get past a certain point in the game. Ideally, secrets should stay where they are, and be obtainable at the end of the game, when you're trying to explore every nook and cranny just before confronting the final boss.
Otherwise, you have to play through the whole game again to find the secrets, and who has time for that with all the new games coming out? =-)
It cited compatibility problems, namely among users trying to receive Microsoft World documents.
Microsoft World Documents?? Has Microsoft taken over the World format already?
Otto Schily, the German Federal Minister of the Interior, announced last Monday a deal with IBM to promote, for the pubic sector, hardware and software products that support Linux.
The pubic sector?? I thought that was my private business!
Oh wait, an "L" accidentally got moved. Calming down now.
I don't understand why you would buy the music if you could download it. It seems like a weak defense. I don't personally use Napster, but I have downloaded MP3s from the Internet. To my ears, it sounds the same as the CD, and you can take them with you.
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This game series has kept me busy for nearly a year now.
No fancy graphics here; it's pure turn-based puzzle, kind of a mix of Nethack and Gauntlet. Everything from horde monster fights to door-lock puzzles to old classic riddles.
A kind review: http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_06_13_05.html
Good news. Adium sometimes wouldn't work with iChat when it came to file transfers. Fixing that alone might actually get me using Adium.
I wonder if this paves the way to Adium working with iChat audio and video conferencing?
From the Leopard Sneak Peak, still in Google's cache here
However, there is no mention of iChat Desktop sharing on Apple's new iChat for Leopard page:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/features/icha
This sucks. I was really hoping to replace my kludgy VNC setups and NAT tables with a clean, elegant, and free remote desktop solution. Thanks a lot Apple!
I can't "prove" I love my father, but I can't "prove" the Earth goes around the sun either. What I CAN do is provide a lot of supporting evidence, and point to the lack of any refuting evidence.
For example, show me pictures of my father and pictures of strangers, and see what areas of my brain light up when I look at each. Or analyze the neural chemistry during each of those tests.
Now we just have to figure out if the amount of energy needed to synthesize the blood protein (say, X liters of hydrogen in a fuel cell) is less than
the energy of the hydrogen produced from this process...
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Rare 680X0 and PowerPC posters!
ScienceNews
I used to get the print version of their weekly pamphlet. It's aimed at the science-knowledgeable public.
Consider this: Mac OS X stores many things (including applications) as packages. For example, Skype.app looks like an application in the Finder, but it's actually a directory containing several files in a number of subdirectories.
/Applications folder. The Finder asks if I want to replace the old Skype.app. Replacing it completely is the correct behavior. I do not want any remnants of the old one to be left around inside the .app package.
When I download a new Skype.app from the Net to replace my existing Skype.app, I drag the new one into the
I, too, have looked into building my own HD-capable DVR. But until one can follow shows around like Tivo, they're just noisy VCRs.
This is something I really value about my TiVo. I didn't know that none of the PC-based solutions had this basic feature.
Looks like I'll be sticking with TiVo for a while.
Keep in mind that once you have physical access to the machine, all bets are off.
However...
Google's tool could be a danger if someone figures out a way to launch it remotely, by getting a user to click a link, or through some Windows exploit. If so, it's plausible that a remote attacker could gain access to the cache and use the information to gain administrative access to the machine.
---
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-Sir Stephen Henry Roberts
I'm sure ATI or third parties would like to release a Mac card, but don't they have to get their drivers into an OS X update first?
Other than the driver issue, I don't know why there would be a delay. The PCI architecture should be the same across platforms.
I was born at a very early age
Mario Kart Double Dash does not have the "feature" you're complaining about.
To compensate, the overall game is harder at the 150cc and Mirror difficulty levels (so be warned).
At my company they make me sit in a small gray box with a computer. The walls are only about 6 feet high!
And it doesn't end there. My small gray box is just one in a sea of boxes, it's like some cruel farming experiment. Every so often, yet another manager comes by and asks about some memo or putting a stupid cover page on some report. And they expect me to just sit here all day and type stuff into this PC.
Think outside the box? How?
Not a great review, but maybe 2003 addresses some of the concerns raised here.
I'm a Cornell grad and I still use my cornell.edu e-mail address. And yes, it gets a sizable amount of spam. Maybe this bandwidth limit is to prevent spammers setting up relays from resnet computers.
Older story on this problem
Hey, if it slows the flow of spam, I'm for it.
The longest week he has logged was 106 hours, and 60-hour-plus weeks are typical in deadline crunches, he said.'"
At least he gets paid. Blizzard is beta-testing the Warcraft 3 expansion pack by sending it out to 10000 random testers, who are willing to find bugs for free. It's like a second, unpaid job.
Still, I wish I was selected. :P
NVidia missed a manufacturing cycle and now it's coming back to haunt them. They really need to drop the FX and concentrate on whatever new architecture is currently being tossed around in R&D.
Originally I was planning to buy the successor to the NV30 for a great experience in Quake III and better framerates in older games. But now it looks like I'll be laying out the dough on whatever ATI brings out early next year.
One thing that annoys me (more than anything) are secrets that cannot be gotten once you get past a certain point in the game. Ideally, secrets should stay where they are, and be obtainable at the end of the game, when you're trying to explore every nook and cranny just before confronting the final boss.
Otherwise, you have to play through the whole game again to find the secrets, and who has time for that with all the new games coming out? =-)
Maybe someone could explain to us newbies how this affects the operation of the Internet.
It cited compatibility problems, namely among users trying to receive Microsoft World documents. Microsoft World Documents?? Has Microsoft taken over the World format already? Otto Schily, the German Federal Minister of the Interior, announced last Monday a deal with IBM to promote, for the pubic sector, hardware and software products that support Linux. The pubic sector?? I thought that was my private business! Oh wait, an "L" accidentally got moved. Calming down now.
Summer's not over yet. Just wait :)
I don't understand why you would buy the music if you could download it. It seems like a weak defense. I don't personally use Napster, but I have downloaded MP3s from the Internet. To my ears, it sounds the same as the CD, and you can take them with you.