I've seen a precious few games do it right. Play all the intros (SIX OF THEM in the worst cases) only first time, including an opening cinematic, then every time after it goes straight to the menu.
Having to skip each animation individually is also a crime I think should be punishable by severe flogging. Thank goodness for cracksites that actually make the games I *paid for* playable! Remove the silly copy protection that takes 20+ seconds to verify before the actual game starts loading, off with all intros, or turn them into 1-second stills and so on.
I signed up for FWD just for kicks, after I found that KPhone also can work with their network. Then I switched to VoIPalk.org, and can call a POTS number as long as there's credit on my account. Shame it's in the UK, so Scandinavian phonecalls can get a bit expensive. Works great for me, though, until the local VoIP companies start supporting KPhone/X-Lite:)
What about Yu? Wasn't he a more recent ruler in Asia? He was also a more reasonable goa'uld, so it would make sense if he went to Earth after the brats packed their larvae and left.
> Documentation is time consuming and not very rewarding for coders.
I'm a freak - I document my work. Userspace or dev docs both get more than just automatic HTML- ification; I take time to explain a little. I've found it very rewarding when I see a stub of a function, wondering exactly *why* I started on it, then look it up in the docs I wrote. My documentation is where I put my planning, too.
Now, I just need to remember to change the docs when My Vision changes;)
I will buy this IF there is a DVD edition sold near me. I bought Silent Hill 3 because they were wise enough to release it on DVD, too.
Pretty much every computer sold here, including laptops, come with a DVD drive, so why haven't games already started being on DVD? It should have happened years ago!
(And please use that extra space to include a higher quality version of any pre-rendered movies:)
Something to use as a base?
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I've seen a Linux-based home theatre PC (HTPC) that might work as a base: http://johan.sunset-utopia.homeip.net/htpc. html
It's got emulators, DVD/VCD playing and other necessities. Necessary if you're an utter geek, that is:)
I love all this. Circus SCO is sure to keep me smiling for a long time! Is there an online betting site where you can guess what hilarious new things SCO will do next?:)
>We're only a year or two away from seeing *massive* movie trading on p2p networks.
I hope you wrote this two years ago:)
Just get any one of the neat P2P tools available now, and you can get everything. Anime, latest cinema releases, obscure animation and independent movies..at 330MB per hour, my movie collection grows. And I don't even need to be a "known player" to the ones who share.
Just a suggestion for translation: I *think* Lagmannsretten would equate to "People's Court" in other countries, although the translation is something like "lawman's court".
Actually..PS2 and XBOX games ARE readily available on certain P2P networks. Yes, DVD-sized games. Not that I have one to download anything for, mind you..
The rivalry nowadays seems mostly to be Swedes
making fun of Norwegians (knowing Norway is slightly
better;). Why else would so many people move to
Norway to set up shops?
I agree with an earlier poster that the watch would have
been cooler if it displayed hex, though..
> This is the stupidest law ever. By stupid people, for
> stupid people, to protect stupid people from
> themselves.
Are you talking about this link?
http://www.satirewire.com/news/0112/hate_crime.s ht ml
I wondered about that myself when I first read
the name of this daemon yesterday. I did the
Norwegian translation of the bot, so I sure do
remember good, ol' Dancer;)
ION looked nice at first, but I found that I need to do
side-by-side comparisons fairly often. If our screen
were 4096x3072, we could use the window manager's
functions to sort everything side-by-side..till then, I'll be
using overlapping windows for my development work.
Actually, the diffs *are* like CVS. Get every patch that
has a higher number than the kernel you are using to
get to the latest. Note that the Alan Cox series are NOT
incremental. You only need the latest there.
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Phew. I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who
listened to "I don't wanna grow up" one time too
many!
I've seen a precious few games do it right. Play
all the intros (SIX OF THEM in the worst cases)
only first time, including an opening cinematic,
then every time after it goes straight to the menu.
Having to skip each animation individually is also
a crime I think should be punishable by severe
flogging. Thank goodness for cracksites that actually
make the games I *paid for* playable! Remove the
silly copy protection that takes 20+ seconds to
verify before the actual game starts loading, off
with all intros, or turn them into 1-second stills
and so on.
I signed up for FWD just for kicks, after I found :)
that KPhone also can work with their network.
Then I switched to VoIPalk.org, and can call a
POTS number as long as there's credit on my
account. Shame it's in the UK, so Scandinavian
phonecalls can get a bit expensive. Works great
for me, though, until the local VoIP companies
start supporting KPhone/X-Lite
I think you could safely post IMDb links to Herbie :)
movies as prior art, yes
What about Yu? Wasn't he a more recent ruler in
Asia? He was also a more reasonable goa'uld, so
it would make sense if he went to Earth after
the brats packed their larvae and left.
http://trackerwww.prq.to/
:)
Blatantly illegal, for the most part
English speakers are just that. Not writers.
Illiteracy is widespread in the UK and Ireland.
Particularly Ireland.
GITS has two things in common with Akira - :)
it made me fall asleep, and it has a great
soundtrack. Buy the soundtrack, but watch Cowboy
Bebop instead
> Documentation is time consuming and not very rewarding for coders.
;)
I'm a freak - I document my work. Userspace or dev
docs both get more than just automatic HTML-
ification; I take time to explain a little. I've
found it very rewarding when I see a stub of a
function, wondering exactly *why* I started on it,
then look it up in the docs I wrote. My documentation
is where I put my planning, too.
Now, I just need to remember to change the docs
when My Vision changes
I remember the original Tomb Raider on PSX.
:)
That was huge. I used to wonder how they crammed
these gigantic levels into a Playstation's memory.
Then they released a sequel with even larger boobs
AND levels
So not all console games need to be dinky.
Hmm..Mr. Jones, what *are* you entering into the
kernel during those late-night coding sessions?
I will buy this IF there is a DVD edition sold
:)
near me. I bought Silent Hill 3 because they were
wise enough to release it on DVD, too.
Pretty much every computer sold here, including
laptops, come with a DVD drive, so why haven't
games already started being on DVD? It should have
happened years ago!
(And please use that extra space to include a
higher quality version of any pre-rendered movies
I've seen a Linux-based home theatre PC (HTPC). html
:)
that might work as a base:
http://johan.sunset-utopia.homeip.net/htpc
It's got emulators, DVD/VCD playing and other
necessities. Necessary if you're an utter geek,
that is
I love all this. Circus SCO is sure to keep me :)
smiling for a long time! Is there an online betting
site where you can guess what hilarious new things
SCO will do next?
The internal name for those little red mouse-
replacements on laptops is "the clit" at IBM.
>We're only a year or two away from seeing *massive* movie trading on p2p networks.
:)
I hope you wrote this two years ago
Just get any one of the neat P2P tools available
now, and you can get everything. Anime, latest
cinema releases, obscure animation and independent
movies..at 330MB per hour, my movie collection
grows. And I don't even need to be a "known player"
to the ones who share.
Just a suggestion for translation:
I *think* Lagmannsretten would equate to
"People's Court" in other countries, although the
translation is something like "lawman's court".
Actually..PS2 and XBOX games ARE readily available
on certain P2P networks. Yes, DVD-sized games.
Not that I have one to download anything for,
mind you..
The rivalry nowadays seems mostly to be Swedes ;). Why else would so many people move to
making fun of Norwegians (knowing Norway is slightly
better
Norway to set up shops?
I agree with an earlier poster that the watch would have
been cooler if it displayed hex, though..
> This is the stupidest law ever. By stupid people, fors ht ml
> stupid people, to protect stupid people from
> themselves.
Are you talking about this link?
http://www.satirewire.com/news/0112/hate_crime.
Now, that domain name might be a clue..
I wondered about that myself when I first read ;)
the name of this daemon yesterday. I did the
Norwegian translation of the bot, so I sure do
remember good, ol' Dancer
Awrighty! I never noticed the option for tiling/split view. :)
I guess I'll try it again
ION looked nice at first, but I found that I need to do
side-by-side comparisons fairly often. If our screen
were 4096x3072, we could use the window manager's
functions to sort everything side-by-side..till then, I'll be
using overlapping windows for my development work.
I personally know someone who had a 1.2GHz T-bird
that he started up just after buying it. Without a heatsink
or fan. It melted in four seconds.
> Why, oh why, don't they use CVS?
Actually, the diffs *are* like CVS. Get every patch that
has a higher number than the kernel you are using to
get to the latest. Note that the Alan Cox series are NOT
incremental. You only need the latest there.