Agreed (though, the power of the pistol in H1 was fun as hell, if not realistic). Our group of LAN players all agree that, those who complain about the BR sucking, just don't know how to use it. I was one of them for a long time -- now it's one of my favorite weapons.
Although, to be fair, the SMG is actually really effective in a dual-wield scenario, if you alternate bursts from hand to hand. Fast bursts = no recoil climb. Fairly deadly then.
...it's bewildering how the submitter could have misinterpreted the article so badly, and mystifying how the editor failed completely to catch the misinterpretation.
"We must blow up this business model, or we are all doomed. What do we want? What would be ideal? A market that serves creative vision instead of suppressing it. An audience that prizes gameplay/musicianship/good scriptwriting over glitz. A business that allows niche product to be commercially successful - not necessarily or even ideally on the same scale as the conventional market, but on a much more modest one: profitability with sales of a few tens of thousands of units/songs/seats in the theatre, not millions. And, of course - creator control of intellectual property, because creators deserve to own their own work."
I'm a little slow on the uptake on this one, but the more I think about it (and after seeing a pic of the topside of the wireless controller), the more I realize this machine is made to capture the mindshare of current playstation owners -- not satisfy current xbox owners.
Look at a few of the features that are different from the original xbox:
- Memory card slots in the front (which I hate seeing there -- I'd pay $100 for a model that *didn't* have these on the front of the box)
- FOUR trigger buttons instead of two
- OPTIONAL hard drive
These are all "features" that PS 1/2 owners are used to. More familiarity, lower barrier to entry for switchers, blah blah.
I would guess that, for the Live data, MS will probably have server-side storage set aside for each user, if they are hard-drive-challenged.
The machine without a HD is still ass, but it does provide an alternative. And why wouldn't they include game save storage space, at least in the form of something solid-state and built-in? That is so 90s.
Gah. I'll stick with my 200GB modded original xboxes, thanks.....
LiveMotion was the biggest piece of ass software ever. I'm particularly bitter about it because it was what resulted from their "repurposing" of Adobe Imagestyler which, AFAIC, was MILES ahead of Fireworks in terms of creating an interface in a hurry. Awesome preset filters and effects, and quick to change and alter. Fireworks still has lessons it could learn from Imagestyler.
How many different places in your life do your tech-side and parent-side collide? I'm curious if, for you, there are more rather than fewer places than Joe-Sixpack-With-An-iMac -- video editing, family pixel-mashing, that sort of thing.
Jump in, if you think this is a bad idea! Here's the letter I just sent to icann@icann.org:
Good afternoon:
I stringently oppose the new ICANN Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars, specifically the section 3 line:
"Failure by the Registrar of Record to respond within five (5) calendar days to a notification from the Registry regarding a transfer request will result in a default "approval" of the transfer. In the event that a Transfer Contact listed in the Whois has not confirmed their request to transfer with the Registrar of Record and the Registrar of Record has not explicitly denied the transfer request, the default action will be that the Registrar of Record must allow the transfer to proceed."
This policy is an extraordinarily bad idea, for several reasons:
1) It puts more responsibility on registrar to wade through spurious domain transfer requests, many of whom will not take the pains to actively sort legitimate from non-legitimate requests.
2) It will mean trouble for domain owners who don't closely manage their records. Domains with incorrect e-mail addresses and outdated administrative contact information are at particular risk of hijacking.
Please reconsider this decision. Domains have become far too valuable to companies to introduce such a disruptive and potentially damaging policy.
It's assumed that a monitor, keyboard and mouse are already available.
Why? Ballmer didn't say so. And it's not a $100 computer if these aren't included in the price.
I'm not trolling -- I just don't understand how this is at all useful. Ballmer doesn't want a $100 computer for to/.ers, who have boatloads of spare misc. computer detritus scattered around. He wants it in the hands of your grandmother, who sure as hell isn't saving a 50lb 15" monitor and PS2/serial mouse/kybd in the closet "just in case."
...this reminds me of the COS operating system, which was supposed to run a MacOS 8-compatible environment in a fraction of the RAM, preemptive blah blah, etc., etc.
But wow, this CherryOS sounds like it might be the REAL thing, though. Yup, yup, yup...
Slashdot Mirror
Agreed (though, the power of the pistol in H1 was fun as hell, if not realistic). Our group of LAN players all agree that, those who complain about the BR sucking, just don't know how to use it. I was one of them for a long time -- now it's one of my favorite weapons.
Although, to be fair, the SMG is actually really effective in a dual-wield scenario, if you alternate bursts from hand to hand. Fast bursts = no recoil climb. Fairly deadly then.
Ahem...
They may not want snakes there, but they damn well do get on board.
The article! It says nothing!
...it's bewildering how the submitter could have misinterpreted the article so badly, and mystifying how the editor failed completely to catch the misinterpretation.
No, it's not -- this is Slashdot, remember?
Opera's most recent contest that only requires a submission of your picture and the reason why you should be chosen as their New Year's mascot.
Because I never, never want to get laid again.
....move along, move along...
....
....if ID/Creationism is a literal story of how the earth and humankind came into being....
...why are there two creation stories in the bible?
"We must blow up this business model, or we are all doomed. What do we want? What would be ideal? A market that serves creative vision instead of suppressing it. An audience that prizes gameplay/musicianship/good scriptwriting over glitz. A business that allows niche product to be commercially successful - not necessarily or even ideally on the same scale as the conventional market, but on a much more modest one: profitability with sales of a few tens of thousands of units/songs/seats in the theatre, not millions. And, of course - creator control of intellectual property, because creators deserve to own their own work."
And, of course, we'd also like a pony.
I'm a little slow on the uptake on this one, but the more I think about it (and after seeing a pic of the topside of the wireless controller), the more I realize this machine is made to capture the mindshare of current playstation owners -- not satisfy current xbox owners.
Look at a few of the features that are different from the original xbox:
- Memory card slots in the front (which I hate seeing there -- I'd pay $100 for a model that *didn't* have these on the front of the box)
- FOUR trigger buttons instead of two
- OPTIONAL hard drive
These are all "features" that PS 1/2 owners are used to. More familiarity, lower barrier to entry for switchers, blah blah.
I would guess that, for the Live data, MS will probably have server-side storage set aside for each user, if they are hard-drive-challenged.
The machine without a HD is still ass, but it does provide an alternative. And why wouldn't they include game save storage space, at least in the form of something solid-state and built-in? That is so 90s.
Gah. I'll stick with my 200GB modded original xboxes, thanks.....
LiveMotion was the biggest piece of ass software ever. I'm particularly bitter about it because it was what resulted from their "repurposing" of Adobe Imagestyler which, AFAIC, was MILES ahead of Fireworks in terms of creating an interface in a hurry. Awesome preset filters and effects, and quick to change and alter. Fireworks still has lessons it could learn from Imagestyler.
It's not even because SK would get pulverized
Heh....I read that and thought, "Dude, what the hell did Saskatchewan ever do to the North Koreans?"
And you're reading slashdot instead of stirring? Methinks your wort runneth over....:P
How many different places in your life do your tech-side and parent-side collide? I'm curious if, for you, there are more rather than fewer places than Joe-Sixpack-With-An-iMac -- video editing, family pixel-mashing, that sort of thing.
Wishing for mod points to lay on you right now, my friend. +1 funny as well as +1 insightful in my book.
I put money on that whoever modded it down thinks it's misogynist.
Will I be able to force my car to speed if I'm running late? ...(snip)...How will the car handle it if some moron is driving like a maniac around me?
:)
Do you see the relationship there? I thought you might.
Jump in, if you think this is a bad idea! Here's the letter I just sent to icann@icann.org:
Good afternoon:
I stringently oppose the new ICANN Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars, specifically the section 3 line:
"Failure by the Registrar of Record to respond within five (5) calendar days to a notification from the Registry regarding a transfer request will result in a default "approval" of the transfer. In the event that a Transfer Contact listed in the Whois has not confirmed their request to transfer with the Registrar of Record and the Registrar of Record has not explicitly denied the transfer request, the default action will be that the Registrar of Record must allow the transfer to proceed."
This policy is an extraordinarily bad idea, for several reasons:
1) It puts more responsibility on registrar to wade through spurious domain transfer requests, many of whom will not take the pains to actively sort legitimate from non-legitimate requests.
2) It will mean trouble for domain owners who don't closely manage their records. Domains with incorrect e-mail addresses and outdated administrative contact information are at particular risk of hijacking.
Please reconsider this decision. Domains have become far too valuable to companies to introduce such a disruptive and potentially damaging policy.
Apparently, your keyboard was hooked up to the voting machines. Are those provisional or absentee letters?
It's assumed that a monitor, keyboard and mouse are already available.
/.ers, who have boatloads of spare misc. computer detritus scattered around. He wants it in the hands of your grandmother, who sure as hell isn't saving a 50lb 15" monitor and PS2/serial mouse/kybd in the closet "just in case."
Why? Ballmer didn't say so. And it's not a $100 computer if these aren't included in the price.
I'm not trolling -- I just don't understand how this is at all useful. Ballmer doesn't want a $100 computer for to
....who didn't understand one IOTA of what this post is about? Apologies to Gary Larson:
What we hear is: blah blah blah GODZILLA blah blah blah GODZILLA blah blah GODZILLA blah blah....
...this reminds me of the COS operating system, which was supposed to run a MacOS 8-compatible environment in a fraction of the RAM, preemptive blah blah, etc., etc.
But wow, this CherryOS sounds like it might be the REAL thing, though. Yup, yup, yup...
...or maybe not...
I sooooo went to the wrong high school....
343,000 feet accomplished just a minute ago. SpaceShipOne's on the way down now.
Sweeeeeet....