And just because the DVD-Forum endorses the - format doesn't mean that much either. The DVD-Forum is just another arbitrary organization of companies. (The + format is supported by the DVD+RW Alliance. Who says one is any more official than the other?)
There are many other games out there that use cel-shading inappropriately, just as a gimmick; why does one of the few games where it's actually appropriate not take advantage of it?
A 100% performance decrease (conceptually, if we were to use a multiplier of zero on the processor) would probably correspond to a 20% battery life increase at most.
In terms of minutes that a computer can be turned on, sure.
In practical terms, however, a 100% performance decrease effectively decreases the usable battery time by 100% too, because the battery will be depleted by the time any computation can be completed.
Since it's on the DVD in video format, they would also have needed a video editing suite (stand alone or PC based) which are never cheap unless you pirate them).
Not to say that it's cheap to produce DVDs, but the software doesn't necessarily need to be that expensive.
Video editing:
Avisynth. Since it's a script-based NLE, it's not the most user-friendly thing around, but it's powerful and free.
MPEG2 encoding:
Tsunami MPEG Encoder. MPEG1 encoding is free; MPEG2 encoding support costs $48 US. Considered one of the best encoders around for quality, especially for its price.
Of course, these tools may not have been available (or may not have been too usable) when this project was started.
As for regular C... I don't think anyone out there goes "I only know C, I don't use C++ because I hate OOP and all the new extensions and improvements and such."
Maybe not, but there are plenty of other reasons why someone would know only C and not C++.
Just because C++ is (mostly) backwards compatible with C doesn't mean that knowledge of one automatically grants knowledge of the other.
I know C very well. There are many aspects, paradigms, and even syntactic differences of C++ that I haven't gotten around to learning yet.
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The games that fall through the cracks don't necessarily end up in discount bins. Look at The Neverhood, for example.
Third, you have to update the driver. I don't know about you, but i'm always nervous when I have to flash a component on my system.
There's no reason you'd have to do this. First, the OS always should use drivers installed on the system itself; never directly from the device's flash. Plus, the "driver driver" should copy the drivers from the flash to the PC only when the OS doesn't have any other drivers to use. Therefore, you can use new drivers easily without ever updating the flash.
I could see this being uesful for NICs. If the OS doesn't come with a driver for your NIC, then how do you get the driver? You can't download it off the 'net, so you need a floppy or a CD, which isn't always convenient.
"Flat screen" monitors are not the same as "flat panel" monitors. "Flat screen" includes those huge, bulky, traditional CRTs that have (surprise!) geometrically flat screens.
"Flat panel" refers to monitors that are geometrically flat and also are relatively thin (LCDs, plasma displays, etc.).
Their technology section is showing some Slashdot stories too (sweet!).
I hope you mean that they link to the same stories that slashdot does, as opposed to linking to slashdot "stories" themselves. It seems kind of silly to link to slashdot who's linking to CNN.
Even worse, slashdot "editors" unnecessarily editorialize, often with unfounded, unresearched points, they're are way too prone to spreading misinformation. (For example, in that Nigerian Money Scam article yesterday, the woman was not from California!)
If Google pulls news from slashdot, why not pull news from The Onion too?
(How about mastering the English language? =) (fundamentals, technically, complexities, eliminating, industrial, considered) If you're not a native English-speaker, sorry, but if you know that you can't spell, use a spell-checker.)
Why Pascal? Use Scheme. Good CS universities should be teaching fundamentals using Scheme. (Berkeley and MIT use it.) For one thing, Scheme is the language used by one of the best CS books around (The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs). For another, it's well suited for demonstrating a number of different programming paradigms, and the language itself has little syntax ((almost) everything is a list) and has few complexities to bog students down.
For people who complain that Scheme isn't viable because it's not used much in industry (to which I say: universities aren't trade schools), Python might be a good alternative.
The Dig is probably one of the most overlooked game from the company. [...] The art direction is a lot more realistic than even darker game like Full Throttle.
I liked The Dig, but the art direction IMO was schizophrenic. I think the various hiccups that occured during the game's development probably contributed to that. My main complaint about the game was that the cut-scenes were in a cartoonish style (similar to LucasArts' other games) that was totally contrary to how the rest of the game looked.
I don't recall there being an area in Curse of Monkey Island for this, but it was certainly in the original The Secret of Monkey Island. Even after you're dead, you still can command Guybrush to--uh--bob and float.
(If this seems totally random, in the beginning of the game, when Guybrush meets the pirate leaders, he lists being able to hold his breath for ten minutes as one of his skills.)
My favorite LucasArts anti-death joke is the rubber tree gag. (Also from The Secret of Monkey Island.)
Finally, avoid brain teaser questions like the one where you have to arrange 6 equal length matches to make exactly 4 identical perfect triangles. If it's an "aha!" question, you don't get any information about "smart/get things done" by figuring out if they happen to make the mental leap or not.
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And just because the DVD-Forum endorses the - format doesn't mean that much either. The DVD-Forum is just another arbitrary organization of companies. (The + format is supported by the DVD+RW Alliance. Who says one is any more official than the other?)
Well, actually, it isn't. Studies show that duck tape actually is lousy at sealing heating ducts.
Just because the Children's Museum of Indianapolis owns a "Space Quest" trademark does not necessarily that Sierra can't too.
Don't forget that trademarks are adjectives; they're specific to particular domains.
This was true for the original Series 1 units, but AFAIK the current Series 2 units are no longer sold at a loss.
Why is this game not cel-shaded?
There are many other games out there that use cel-shading inappropriately, just as a gimmick; why does one of the few games where it's actually appropriate not take advantage of it?
On Sony's web sites, it's spelled "Wega" in plain-text. There's no confusion with a shadow or silhouette here. It's a W.
It's spelled "Wega", but yes, it is pronounced "Vega". Yes, it's completely stupid.
In terms of minutes that a computer can be turned on, sure.
In practical terms, however, a 100% performance decrease effectively decreases the usable battery time by 100% too, because the battery will be depleted by the time any computation can be completed.
Or better yet, xvid?
Why do so-called geeks still recommend Divx, which comes with various strings attached, especially after the Project Mayo fiasco?
Not to say that it's cheap to produce DVDs, but the software doesn't necessarily need to be that expensive.
Video editing: Avisynth. Since it's a script-based NLE, it's not the most user-friendly thing around, but it's powerful and free.
MPEG2 encoding: Tsunami MPEG Encoder. MPEG1 encoding is free; MPEG2 encoding support costs $48 US. Considered one of the best encoders around for quality, especially for its price.
Of course, these tools may not have been available (or may not have been too usable) when this project was started.
Maybe not, but there are plenty of other reasons why someone would know only C and not C++.
Just because C++ is (mostly) backwards compatible with C doesn't mean that knowledge of one automatically grants knowledge of the other.
I know C very well. There are many aspects, paradigms, and even syntactic differences of C++ that I haven't gotten around to learning yet.
The games that fall through the cracks don't necessarily end up in discount bins. Look at The Neverhood, for example.
Indeed.
http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/2000/08/01/p18s1 .htm has more information on various techniques filmmakers use for making various storms.
This new development seems more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Probably for the same reason they can't use potatoes instead of ice cream: sets get hot.
Both are expensive. It's not as if the stylus were 90% of the cost.
AFAIK, most of the tech is in the tablet itself, not the stylus.
There's no reason you'd have to do this. First, the OS always should use drivers installed on the system itself; never directly from the device's flash. Plus, the "driver driver" should copy the drivers from the flash to the PC only when the OS doesn't have any other drivers to use. Therefore, you can use new drivers easily without ever updating the flash.
I could see this being uesful for NICs. If the OS doesn't come with a driver for your NIC, then how do you get the driver? You can't download it off the 'net, so you need a floppy or a CD, which isn't always convenient.
Or maybe it's yet another one of Timothy's reposts ...
"Flat screen" monitors are not the same as "flat panel" monitors. "Flat screen" includes those huge, bulky, traditional CRTs that have (surprise!) geometrically flat screens.
"Flat panel" refers to monitors that are geometrically flat and also are relatively thin (LCDs, plasma displays, etc.).
I hope you mean that they link to the same stories that slashdot does, as opposed to linking to slashdot "stories" themselves. It seems kind of silly to link to slashdot who's linking to CNN.
Even worse, slashdot "editors" unnecessarily editorialize, often with unfounded, unresearched points, they're are way too prone to spreading misinformation. (For example, in that Nigerian Money Scam article yesterday, the woman was not from California!)
If Google pulls news from slashdot, why not pull news from The Onion too?
(How about mastering the English language? =) (fundamentals, technically, complexities, eliminating, industrial, considered) If you're not a native English-speaker, sorry, but if you know that you can't spell, use a spell-checker.)
Why Pascal? Use Scheme. Good CS universities should be teaching fundamentals using Scheme. (Berkeley and MIT use it.) For one thing, Scheme is the language used by one of the best CS books around (The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs). For another, it's well suited for demonstrating a number of different programming paradigms, and the language itself has little syntax ((almost) everything is a list) and has few complexities to bog students down.
For people who complain that Scheme isn't viable because it's not used much in industry (to which I say: universities aren't trade schools), Python might be a good alternative.
I liked The Dig, but the art direction IMO was schizophrenic. I think the various hiccups that occured during the game's development probably contributed to that. My main complaint about the game was that the cut-scenes were in a cartoonish style (similar to LucasArts' other games) that was totally contrary to how the rest of the game looked.
I don't recall there being an area in Curse of Monkey Island for this, but it was certainly in the original The Secret of Monkey Island. Even after you're dead, you still can command Guybrush to--uh--bob and float.
(If this seems totally random, in the beginning of the game, when Guybrush meets the pirate leaders, he lists being able to hold his breath for ten minutes as one of his skills.)
My favorite LucasArts anti-death joke is the rubber tree gag. (Also from The Secret of Monkey Island.)
The Canopus ADVC-100 is $300. It doesn't have its own tuner, but I'm sure you could use a spare VCR for that.
I'm not certain why you'd need one if you already have a DV camera, though. Doesn't your DV camera have analog inputs?
Huh? While Joel has a site with brain teasers (techinterview.org), he discourages using them.
From Joel's Guerilla Guide to Interviewing:
DirecTiVos have dual tuners. So did Microsoft's UltimateTV.
How hard can a network be trying to build an audience when they bounce it around from timeslot to timeslot?
Let's also not forget that Fox killed Family Guy.
It makes sense if the show they'll replace it with costs less to produce and ultimately can get bigger profits.