Its not just that one specific area. There are several parts in Crazy Taxi on Dreamcast that suffer from slowdown. It didn't ruin the game but was noticable.
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Why not? Free Software isn't allowed to do any marketing? What so the people at KDE shouldn't be proud of their work? They should say "one of many Desktop Environments but really Gnome might be better?". Gimme a break pal.
KDE has every right to say their software is the best. By all rights it IS the best Free Desktop for GNU/Linux or any Unix. I'd even argue its superior to the closed source OS X but that's a whole other ball of wax.
It isn't a flame from the KDE camp, its A)marketing and B) mostly based in fact. Don't like it? Tough cookies.
" I don't know about you, but Novell is probably the only company I'd trust with this large a slice of the linux pie. "
Why on earth would you just trust Novell automatically? Novell's cash cow has always been its proprietary technology. They are a proprietary company that although by no mean about to die has already seen its heyday. The adoption of Linux by Novell was a long term strategic move based on the fact that Novell wasn't going anywhere with its traditional technologies, and needed to buy someone else's to compete in today's marketplace.
I see no reason to be anything but cautiously optimistic. Anything beyond that is just foolish. Its going to take years not months before Novell can be regarded as a true ally to Linux and Open Source. Just because they are continuing down the path that Ximian and Suse were already on doesn't prove anything.
If they really want to befriend the Open Source community they could start by opening up YAST and the Ximian connector. That would be a real token of faith. Again, acquiring an Open Source company or two and then just keeping the status quo doesn't mean much.
"Plus, they bought one of the best implementations of Gnome and a great KDE implementation. I can see Novell bringing the linux desktop together in many ways."
Perhaps. Or maybe they take Gnome and KDE and make the best proprietary Linux desktop ever made. Or maybe you'll see the semi-proprietary Suse with the even more proprietary NDS and Groupwise technologies get rolled into a really slick server? But how would that help Open Source?
Honestly I haven't read anything that makes alarms go off in my head thinking Novell is trying to screw over "Linux". I also haven't read anything mind blowing with regards to Novell opening up anything that wasn't open before.
If Novell just acts as a steward for Ximian and ensures it has funding so that they can continue to kick back to Gnome I'll be happy. If they make Suse even more proprietary its not the biggest loss. But really let's hope Novell opens some of its own code and sponsors some new OSS projects that will take Linux and OSS to the next level.
"but nothing they've ever done rises to the level of what SCO has been attempting."
What's worse? SCO who is attacking linux at its core in a very public way in the courts with made up facts that won't pan out in the end. Or Microsoft who every time a company or government thinks about using Linux they send some executive to cut out a deal where they give away Microsoft products for basically Free? Even worse than SCO's court case is they way Microsoft gets to those in power. Microsoft has successfully gotten to high level government officials and even slowed Linux adoption on an international level by getting US officially to petition against Linux use on a global level.
If your a true believer in FOSS you'll hate Microsoft as well. You may have to support Windows in your job or at home, you may have to treat Windows users with respect online, and you may have to admit that XP or Win2k3 are pretty good OS's. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't hate Microsoft's goal of destroying Linux or their constantly unethical behavior.
" Because anyone who looks at webstats knows that linux is not overtaking anything on the desktop, and certainly not Apple's share."
Regardless of that particular study most market share studies I've seen show Linux desktop use equal or greater than Apple desktop use for over a year now.
I got one of those yesterday for the first time. It said someting like "Hey dude, they can bite me! use this password on the zip 3621501". Pretty ballsy to expect people to have to enter a password on a zip file from someone they never heard of. Luckily on my one PC I use mailwasher and I don't have to download the email before I can tell its a virus.
I cannot believe companies are caving in to SCO and paying these bogus licensing fees. Can you believe Questar's logic?
"Our usage of (Linux) is so small and isolated that's why we went ahead and signed the contract.,"
The more companies that pay the more Linux looks like a tainted OS that is no longer Free.
I knew the whole IBM v SCO thing wasn't going to be a quick and dirty affair. I knew SCO would be getting help from Microsoft to fund its legal offensive. I never thought companies would be dumb enough to pay for IP which is contested. For the love of God why are they paying? Say Fuck You to SCO and let them sue you if they want money. No judge will pass judgment against you or even let the case go forward until SCO can prove via the IBM case their IP claims. Who are the lawyers for these companies that are saying its better to pay? Fire their asses and hire someone with a clue.
So you think secret meetings with what turned to be criminals to decide who Bush would pick for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was a good idea? You think its ok that only one company (consisting of criminals btw)had exclusive access to Cheney when he drafted a new energy policy while others were shut out?
You know what? Your right. There was no conflict of interest and the fact that Enron was Bush's number one supporter and closest ally since he was governor only serves to clear Bush's name. Its obvious the administration was the clean one here and was just collaborating so closely so they could get more evidence on Enron. Yea, that's the ticket. They were going to turn their evidence to the DOJ but we just didn't give them enough time...
I'll never understand how someone can become so brainwashed that they can no longer distinguish right from wrong. I feel sorry for you.
Man are you out of touch. It would take me too long to explain why just about everything you said is wrong so I'll just say this. Just because the most visible example of corporate greed in the last 50 years is being put to the screws does not mean that overall the DOJ is being effective or getting tough on corporate law breakers. This is tokenism at its finest. There are more skeletons in the current administrations cabinet that won't be investigated then in the last 3 administrations combined. Also your theory about the MS vs DOJ is a crock of shit. Professionally?? If you had actually followed the case you'd know that MS was nailed and caught red handed at every turn. The DOJ did its job getting the proper evidence before the judge. Everything past that only served as an all to real reminder as to why our legal system is a total mess. But whatever, rewrite history any way you want. Those who are trying to hide the truth do it all the time.
Just stick the first floppy, partition, and your done. Easy as pie.
Your probably talking about using it as a server and your right, if you follow the instructions any *nix isn't too difficult to get initially installed.
My point is for the distro-of-the-week, dual-booting, desktop nix using, Slashdot majority who will probably need help once their beyond the basic initial install. For them the idea that any BSD is a "painless install" is a bit of a misnomer. The real test is getting X working at the proper resolution and refresh rate. Getting all of your multimedia apps running. And getting your printer, digital camera, scanner, and palm pilot working on your PC. In that respect unfortunately the BSD's and many linux distros simply fall down. Personally I think its worth the effort, but you have to be realistic about who is reading your comments and what they might have to go through to get a perfectly working desktop. That painless install you promised just turned into their biggest nightmare.
The people at Williams were simply masters at creating simple electronic sounds that really sucked you into the game. I remember standing at the Robotron machine with sweaty palms and then level 5 comes up and before the level starts the bad guys "energize" onto the board. It just gets you so hyped to for the eventual chaos to follow. Robotron for its simple graphics is just the all time master of fast paced pressure-cooker style gaming. Playing it via MAME with a Dual Shock and your sound system cranked all the way up is an amazing experience for your senses to this day.
Kind of an obvious statement don't you think? Every major OSS project that I know of does what they can with regards to QA and Testing. They all do alphas/betas and encourage users to test their products and report bugs.
Saying that QA/Testing is what OSS needs is a bit of naive statment, unless of course your talking about what KDE in particular is doing. But the way I read it is you were just trying to make some blanket statement about OSS software in general.
I know for the sub 21 generation its boring to hear us old timers go on about the golden days of arcades but really it was something you had to experience. As a kid you'd never have enough money so you'd scrounge up quarters and change from everywhere in your house. Then you'd grab some friends and bike to the arcade. Awaiting you to turn you pennies and dimes into quarters was an old man wearing a visor and smoking a stinky cigar. I'll never forget trying to hold my breath in so I wouldn't have to deal with the stench. Then it came to the matter of how to spend your precious quarters. Deciding how much to spend and on what was not to be taken lightly. Remember not everyone was a guru. Contrary to what some of the people here say most of us could not play the same quarter for an hour straight. Games like Star Wars, Tron, Elevator Action, and Spy Hunter were like nothing else available at home. The best we had was Atari or Intellivision and certainly not those great joysticks and driving pedals. Pretty soon though home systems started catching up with what the arcades offered and they started charging $1.00 or more for many games. How many kids can afford to spend that much per game at an arcade? I stopped going to the arcade by the time I started High School and I can't really recall last time I was in an actual arcade.
Anyway thanks to MAME I can still play those old games once in a while. For the younger crowd they'll never understand why we rant on about them. Playing robotron via MAME at your Home PC with unlimited quarters at your disposal just doesn't come close to what it was really like. Maybe I'll put a few half smoked cigars near my PC and put a quarter slot where my floppy drive used to be...
That will only ever be a rumor. Even the people designing the DRM code for WMP in Longhorn have non-DRM'd MP3's on their computers. No way they are going to put out a media player that can't play files that almost every user has. That's just silly. Longhorn might support this new DRM'd mp3 spec but it won't require it.
Its true for someone starting from scratch I don't see much of a reason not to use OpenOffice.org. But for places like Law Firms etc where they have been using Wordperfect for over 10 years don't expect them to change anytime soon. Also AFAIK OO has yet to integrate a fully working.wpd filter into their program. That's a biggie that definitely has to get fixed.
I still have fond memories of Wordperfect. It was always easy to use and as far as pure word processing goes I'll take any old version of Wordperfect versus having to deal with Word any day. Dam MS for including Word every fucking PC sold. It's like a bad rash that won't go away. Word is king of getting in your way and doing things automatically even though you didn't ask it to. I don't do much word processing anymore but whenever I have to use Word for anything I find myself screaming at the screen because Word keeps trying to out think me and screws up the formatting.
How's that?. It had better graphics than the first one and even ran better on the same hardware. How many games can claim that in the PC world? The city was bigger and you got to do things like fly helicopters. Really it was an improvement in many ways but didn't ruin the basic game formula. Sure maybe you wanted multiplayer and custom maps etc, but as far as sequels goes this one was a nice extension of an already great game. I don't know how interesting it will be if they just move it to a new city but Vice City should stand as a solid improvement for those who are fans of the genre.
"That would never happen in the PC world. If you produce a shit sequel, you are done."
Vice City was available on the PC. If if really did suck shouldn't this be the end of GTA?
You could just use Freshnews or Dailyrotation. Personally I find those much more useful and they don't require me installing anything else. Plus that whole "ad-free" thing for RSS is just temporary.
Personally I think the Dual Shock in its original form is the best game pad ever created. The analog sticks work great and the idea of using symbols for buttons was fantastic. I've never forgetten where the Triangle, Circle, or X is. Also short of dedicated real arcade sticks it the best thing going for MAME. Robotron and Smash TV are a joy to play on a Dual Shock.
Like I said all a matter of taste. Every controller I've tried N64, Dreamcast, etc has always been a let down compared to it. Lastly if the controller was really as bad as you say there is just no way Sony would have been so successful. The controller is the interface to the system. People won't stand for one that gets in the way or doesn't work well. Witness the botched Xbox launch where MS got killed because of their ridiculous controller.
Anyway to each his own. I guess myself and many others just disagree.
There is something you should know. Henry Ford did NOT invent the assembly line. He simply took advantage of it to streamline his car bulding process. If fact Ransome Eli Olds invented it, used it to produce cards and Ford only improved on it. But since Ford was so popular that myth still lives on today.
So let me get this straight. You left Windows so that you could find the most Windows-like OS that a)cost money like Windows b) is proprietary like Windows c)suffers from the same vendor lockin problem like Windows? And you think we have it all wrong...
btw XP on my HTPC wouldn't work with my usb NIC. The tv out was always screwed up as well. It was always something with Windows. Meanwhile it all works perfectly under Red Hat/Fedora. I guess Microsoft should get out of the "home user game" since their so shitty at it. As far as getting out of the home user game, fyi Red Hat was never in the home user game. Even now they are just starting to cater to coporate users. If you read any of the statements from their CEO you would have known that.
Lastly Red Hat pays many of its developers to work on Fedora. It works. Well. I don't have to sell it. It's Free. Always will be. Both Fedora and Windows XP are a better choice than xandros. See we both can play the Trolling game.
Are things really going that badly that they need to add some more eye candy to XP and then try to resell it to us as a "new" OS? First off the people on 98 are sticking to 98. Especially since 98 is now going to be supported for years to come. At this point they are only going to update once they buy a new PC. Secondly those on 2k/XP especially businesses are NOT going to buy into this refresh. So who the hell is their market? This literally makes no sense to me. What companies are going to upgrade from either 2k/XP to XP reloaded in late 2004 early 2005 and then upgrade to Longhorn a year later? Sorry, not gonna happen.
Or is this because of Linux? As nice as that would be I honestly don't think MS has a lot to worry about right now from the Linux desktop. When companies like Adobe and Intuit start officially supporting linux then its time for MS to panic.
Anyway like I said this just makes no sense. Good luck selling this update Microsoft, your going to need it.
"Because I can carry about 2500 songs that *I* like on a very nicely designed device."
Big deal. My walkman was nicely designed at the time and played music that I liked. We old timers used to even make our own mixes! The only difference that makes the ipod noteworthy is the capacity. Beyond that its just another stepping stone in portable music.
The parent was right. Talking about Ipod as a device that has created some sort of huge social impact is a load of shit. Sorry I'm not 15 and more impressed.
People get over it already. Its a portable music device. We've been using them in one form or another for the last 25 years.
All I see is comment after comment of people who say they didn't like the screenshot therefore Gimp must suck. Or comments from people who used Gimp for 5 mins 2 years ago and after glancing at the screen shot say its hasn't changed enough. Get over yourselves people. Better yet just stick with your warezed version of Photoshop and don't comment. You bet your ass that the availability of warezed versions of Photoshop are a factor. Its probably the most warezed software after Windows and Office. Make every Photoshop user pay for their software and you'll see a bunch of Free software fans in no time.
Gimp pre2.0 is the best Free general purpose image editor ever made bar none. With it you can do most of the tasks that you need to do in Photoshop all for Free. That shouldn't be taken for granted but for some reason it is. Where people get hung up is that Gimp doesn't work EXACTLY like Photochop. Let me make a point. Once you take the time to learn Gimp you'll be just as proficient with it as you are with any other piece of software. On the other hand stick some newbie down in front of Photoshop for the first time and watch their eyes glaze over. Just because Gimp has a learning curve doesn't mean its crap. Just because their is some commercial software that is easier to use out of the box doesn't mean Gimp is crap.
I was looking forward to this thread but its apparent people are in the mood to troll and dump on Gimp. Too bad because right now the only message coming across to someone new to image editting is that anything less than a perfect Photosho clone is crap. And that's just not true.
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Its not just that one specific area. There are several parts in Crazy Taxi on Dreamcast that suffer from slowdown. It didn't ruin the game but was noticable.
Why not? Free Software isn't allowed to do any marketing? What so the people at KDE shouldn't be proud of their work? They should say "one of many Desktop Environments but really Gnome might be better?". Gimme a break pal.
KDE has every right to say their software is the best. By all rights it IS the best Free Desktop for GNU/Linux or any Unix. I'd even argue its superior to the closed source OS X but that's a whole other ball of wax.
It isn't a flame from the KDE camp, its A)marketing and B) mostly based in fact. Don't like it? Tough cookies.
" I don't know about you, but Novell is probably the only company I'd trust with this large a slice of the linux pie. "
Why on earth would you just trust Novell automatically? Novell's cash cow has always been its proprietary technology. They are a proprietary company that although by no mean about to die has already seen its heyday. The adoption of Linux by Novell was a long term strategic move based on the fact that Novell wasn't going anywhere with its traditional technologies, and needed to buy someone else's to compete in today's marketplace.
I see no reason to be anything but cautiously optimistic. Anything beyond that is just foolish. Its going to take years not months before Novell can be regarded as a true ally to Linux and Open Source. Just because they are continuing down the path that Ximian and Suse were already on doesn't prove anything.
If they really want to befriend the Open Source community they could start by opening up YAST and the Ximian connector. That would be a real token of faith. Again, acquiring an Open Source company or two and then just keeping the status quo doesn't mean much.
"Plus, they bought one of the best implementations of Gnome and a great KDE implementation. I can see Novell bringing the linux desktop together in many ways."
Perhaps. Or maybe they take Gnome and KDE and make the best proprietary Linux desktop ever made. Or maybe you'll see the semi-proprietary Suse with the even more proprietary NDS and Groupwise technologies get rolled into a really slick server? But how would that help Open Source?
Honestly I haven't read anything that makes alarms go off in my head thinking Novell is trying to screw over "Linux". I also haven't read anything mind blowing with regards to Novell opening up anything that wasn't open before.
If Novell just acts as a steward for Ximian and ensures it has funding so that they can continue to kick back to Gnome I'll be happy. If they make Suse even more proprietary its not the biggest loss. But really let's hope Novell opens some of its own code and sponsors some new OSS projects that will take Linux and OSS to the next level.
"but nothing they've ever done rises to the level of what SCO has been attempting."
What's worse? SCO who is attacking linux at its core in a very public way in the courts with made up facts that won't pan out in the end. Or Microsoft who every time a company or government thinks about using Linux they send some executive to cut out a deal where they give away Microsoft products for basically Free? Even worse than SCO's court case is they way Microsoft gets to those in power. Microsoft has successfully gotten to high level government officials and even slowed Linux adoption on an international level by getting US officially to petition against Linux use on a global level.
If your a true believer in FOSS you'll hate Microsoft as well. You may have to support Windows in your job or at home, you may have to treat Windows users with respect online, and you may have to admit that XP or Win2k3 are pretty good OS's. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't hate Microsoft's goal of destroying Linux or their constantly unethical behavior.
" Because anyone who looks at webstats knows that linux is not overtaking anything on the desktop, and certainly not Apple's share."
Regardless of that particular study most market share studies I've seen show Linux desktop use equal or greater than Apple desktop use for over a year now.
Sorry to put a damper on your Apple fanboyism.
"is that it's the first fully supported FREE distro that has Samba 3 built into it."
Guess you never bothered to check out Fedora because that had Samba 3 built in and is fully supported and FREE.
I got one of those yesterday for the first time. It said someting like "Hey dude, they can bite me! use this password on the zip 3621501". Pretty ballsy to expect people to have to enter a password on a zip file from someone they never heard of. Luckily on my one PC I use mailwasher and I don't have to download the email before I can tell its a virus.
I cannot believe companies are caving in to SCO and paying these bogus licensing fees. Can you believe Questar's logic?
"Our usage of (Linux) is so small and isolated that's why we went ahead and signed the contract.,"
The more companies that pay the more Linux looks like a tainted OS that is no longer Free.
I knew the whole IBM v SCO thing wasn't going to be a quick and dirty affair. I knew SCO would be getting help from Microsoft to fund its legal offensive. I never thought companies would be dumb enough to pay for IP which is contested. For the love of God why are they paying? Say Fuck You to SCO and let them sue you if they want money. No judge will pass judgment against you or even let the case go forward until SCO can prove via the IBM case their IP claims. Who are the lawyers for these companies that are saying its better to pay? Fire their asses and hire someone with a clue.
"This just smacks of zealotry."
Zealotry : Mindlessly supporting a group, company, individual, product, or concept without regard for facts or opposing views.
"With MS's recent drive for security, it's probably significantly more secure and robust too."
Pot meet kettle.
So you think secret meetings with what turned to be criminals to decide who Bush would pick for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was a good idea? You think its ok that only one company (consisting of criminals btw)had exclusive access to Cheney when he drafted a new energy policy while others were shut out?
You know what? Your right. There was no conflict of interest and the fact that Enron was Bush's number one supporter and closest ally since he was governor only serves to clear Bush's name. Its obvious the administration was the clean one here and was just collaborating so closely so they could get more evidence on Enron. Yea, that's the ticket. They were going to turn their evidence to the DOJ but we just didn't give them enough time...
I'll never understand how someone can become so brainwashed that they can no longer distinguish right from wrong. I feel sorry for you.
Man are you out of touch. It would take me too long to explain why just about everything you said is wrong so I'll just say this. Just because the most visible example of corporate greed in the last 50 years is being put to the screws does not mean that overall the DOJ is being effective or getting tough on corporate law breakers. This is tokenism at its finest. There are more skeletons in the current administrations cabinet that won't be investigated then in the last 3 administrations combined. Also your theory about the MS vs DOJ is a crock of shit. Professionally?? If you had actually followed the case you'd know that MS was nailed and caught red handed at every turn. The DOJ did its job getting the proper evidence before the judge. Everything past that only served as an all to real reminder as to why our legal system is a total mess. But whatever, rewrite history any way you want. Those who are trying to hide the truth do it all the time.
Just stick the first floppy, partition, and your done. Easy as pie.
Your probably talking about using it as a server and your right, if you follow the instructions any *nix isn't too difficult to get initially installed.
My point is for the distro-of-the-week, dual-booting, desktop nix using, Slashdot majority who will probably need help once their beyond the basic initial install. For them the idea that any BSD is a "painless install" is a bit of a misnomer. The real test is getting X working at the proper resolution and refresh rate. Getting all of your multimedia apps running. And getting your printer, digital camera, scanner, and palm pilot working on your PC. In that respect unfortunately the BSD's and many linux distros simply fall down. Personally I think its worth the effort, but you have to be realistic about who is reading your comments and what they might have to go through to get a perfectly working desktop. That painless install you promised just turned into their biggest nightmare.
The people at Williams were simply masters at creating simple electronic sounds that really sucked you into the game. I remember standing at the Robotron machine with sweaty palms and then level 5 comes up and before the level starts the bad guys "energize" onto the board. It just gets you so hyped to for the eventual chaos to follow. Robotron for its simple graphics is just the all time master of fast paced pressure-cooker style gaming. Playing it via MAME with a Dual Shock and your sound system cranked all the way up is an amazing experience for your senses to this day.
" QA? Testing? This is what open source needs!"
Kind of an obvious statement don't you think? Every major OSS project that I know of does what they can with regards to QA and Testing. They all do alphas/betas and encourage users to test their products and report bugs.
Saying that QA/Testing is what OSS needs is a bit of naive statment, unless of course your talking about what KDE in particular is doing. But the way I read it is you were just trying to make some blanket statement about OSS software in general.
I know for the sub 21 generation its boring to hear us old timers go on about the golden days of arcades but really it was something you had to experience. As a kid you'd never have enough money so you'd scrounge up quarters and change from everywhere in your house. Then you'd grab some friends and bike to the arcade. Awaiting you to turn you pennies and dimes into quarters was an old man wearing a visor and smoking a stinky cigar. I'll never forget trying to hold my breath in so I wouldn't have to deal with the stench. Then it came to the matter of how to spend your precious quarters. Deciding how much to spend and on what was not to be taken lightly. Remember not everyone was a guru. Contrary to what some of the people here say most of us could not play the same quarter for an hour straight. Games like Star Wars, Tron, Elevator Action, and Spy Hunter were like nothing else available at home. The best we had was Atari or Intellivision and certainly not those great joysticks and driving pedals. Pretty soon though home systems started catching up with what the arcades offered and they started charging $1.00 or more for many games. How many kids can afford to spend that much per game at an arcade? I stopped going to the arcade by the time I started High School and I can't really recall last time I was in an actual arcade.
Anyway thanks to MAME I can still play those old games once in a while. For the younger crowd they'll never understand why we rant on about them. Playing robotron via MAME at your Home PC with unlimited quarters at your disposal just doesn't come close to what it was really like. Maybe I'll put a few half smoked cigars near my PC and put a quarter slot where my floppy drive used to be...
That will only ever be a rumor. Even the people designing the DRM code for WMP in Longhorn have non-DRM'd MP3's on their computers. No way they are going to put out a media player that can't play files that almost every user has. That's just silly. Longhorn might support this new DRM'd mp3 spec but it won't require it.
Its true for someone starting from scratch I don't see much of a reason not to use OpenOffice.org. But for places like Law Firms etc where they have been using Wordperfect for over 10 years don't expect them to change anytime soon. Also AFAIK OO has yet to integrate a fully working .wpd filter into their program. That's a biggie that definitely has to get fixed.
I still have fond memories of Wordperfect. It was always easy to use and as far as pure word processing goes I'll take any old version of Wordperfect versus having to deal with Word any day. Dam MS for including Word every fucking PC sold. It's like a bad rash that won't go away. Word is king of getting in your way and doing things automatically even though you didn't ask it to. I don't do much word processing anymore but whenever I have to use Word for anything I find myself screaming at the screen because Word keeps trying to out think me and screws up the formatting.
"Vice City was a huge disappointment."
How's that?. It had better graphics than the first one and even ran better on the same hardware. How many games can claim that in the PC world? The city was bigger and you got to do things like fly helicopters. Really it was an improvement in many ways but didn't ruin the basic game formula. Sure maybe you wanted multiplayer and custom maps etc, but as far as sequels goes this one was a nice extension of an already great game. I don't know how interesting it will be if they just move it to a new city but Vice City should stand as a solid improvement for those who are fans of the genre.
"That would never happen in the PC world. If you produce a shit sequel, you are done."
Vice City was available on the PC. If if really did suck shouldn't this be the end of GTA?
You could just use Freshnews or Dailyrotation. Personally I find those much more useful and they don't require me installing anything else. Plus that whole "ad-free" thing for RSS is just temporary.
Personally I think the Dual Shock in its original form is the best game pad ever created. The analog sticks work great and the idea of using symbols for buttons was fantastic. I've never forgetten where the Triangle, Circle, or X is. Also short of dedicated real arcade sticks it the best thing going for MAME. Robotron and Smash TV are a joy to play on a Dual Shock.
Like I said all a matter of taste. Every controller I've tried N64, Dreamcast, etc has always been a let down compared to it. Lastly if the controller was really as bad as you say there is just no way Sony would have been so successful. The controller is the interface to the system. People won't stand for one that gets in the way or doesn't work well. Witness the botched Xbox launch where MS got killed because of their ridiculous controller.
Anyway to each his own. I guess myself and many others just disagree.
There is something you should know. Henry Ford did NOT invent the assembly line. He simply took advantage of it to streamline his car bulding process. If fact Ransome Eli Olds invented it, used it to produce cards and Ford only improved on it. But since Ford was so popular that myth still lives on today.
http://www.aeragon.com/02/02-04.html
So let me get this straight. You left Windows so that you could find the most Windows-like OS that a)cost money like Windows b) is proprietary like Windows c)suffers from the same vendor lockin problem like Windows? And you think we have it all wrong...
btw XP on my HTPC wouldn't work with my usb NIC. The tv out was always screwed up as well. It was always something with Windows. Meanwhile it all works perfectly under Red Hat/Fedora. I guess Microsoft should get out of the "home user game" since their so shitty at it. As far as getting out of the home user game, fyi Red Hat was never in the home user game. Even now they are just starting to cater to coporate users. If you read any of the statements from their CEO you would have known that.
Lastly Red Hat pays many of its developers to work on Fedora. It works. Well. I don't have to sell it. It's Free. Always will be. Both Fedora and Windows XP are a better choice than xandros. See we both can play the Trolling game.
Are things really going that badly that they need to add some more eye candy to XP and then try to resell it to us as a "new" OS? First off the people on 98 are sticking to 98. Especially since 98 is now going to be supported for years to come. At this point they are only going to update once they buy a new PC. Secondly those on 2k/XP especially businesses are NOT going to buy into this refresh. So who the hell is their market? This literally makes no sense to me. What companies are going to upgrade from either 2k/XP to XP reloaded in late 2004 early 2005 and then upgrade to Longhorn a year later? Sorry, not gonna happen.
Or is this because of Linux? As nice as that would be I honestly don't think MS has a lot to worry about right now from the Linux desktop. When companies like Adobe and Intuit start officially supporting linux then its time for MS to panic.
Anyway like I said this just makes no sense. Good luck selling this update Microsoft, your going to need it.
"Because I can carry about 2500 songs that *I* like on a very nicely designed device."
Big deal. My walkman was nicely designed at the time and played music that I liked. We old timers used to even make our own mixes! The only difference that makes the ipod noteworthy is the capacity. Beyond that its just another stepping stone in portable music.
The parent was right. Talking about Ipod as a device that has created some sort of huge social impact is a load of shit. Sorry I'm not 15 and more impressed.
People get over it already. Its a portable music device. We've been using them in one form or another for the last 25 years.
All I see is comment after comment of people who say they didn't like the screenshot therefore Gimp must suck. Or comments from people who used Gimp for 5 mins 2 years ago and after glancing at the screen shot say its hasn't changed enough. Get over yourselves people. Better yet just stick with your warezed version of Photoshop and don't comment. You bet your ass that the availability of warezed versions of Photoshop are a factor. Its probably the most warezed software after Windows and Office. Make every Photoshop user pay for their software and you'll see a bunch of Free software fans in no time.
Gimp pre2.0 is the best Free general purpose image editor ever made bar none. With it you can do most of the tasks that you need to do in Photoshop all for Free. That shouldn't be taken for granted but for some reason it is. Where people get hung up is that Gimp doesn't work EXACTLY like Photochop. Let me make a point. Once you take the time to learn Gimp you'll be just as proficient with it as you are with any other piece of software. On the other hand stick some newbie down in front of Photoshop for the first time and watch their eyes glaze over. Just because Gimp has a learning curve doesn't mean its crap. Just because their is some commercial software that is easier to use out of the box doesn't mean Gimp is crap.
I was looking forward to this thread but its apparent people are in the mood to troll and dump on Gimp. Too bad because right now the only message coming across to someone new to image editting is that anything less than a perfect Photosho clone is crap. And that's just not true.