I like the deep cross-game integration of status, matchmaking and voice chat but I wish all the players building their own closed social gaming platforms would also build a proper external API to go with it (Xbox Live, Steam etc.).
Maybe we need a Open Game Achievement Standards Body RFC comity group thingie?
Your point doesn't make sense to me gameplay wise (value for money) , since
playing with or against 3 of your 'spawned' friends wouldn't be much fun:
You're the only one who was interested enough to lay down $50 for the game, and played the single player campaign (to practice) and play regularly on Battle.Net with random strangers. The rest of your spawned party will most certainly suck at it since it's a deep game, and they had no interest in paying for StarCraft2.
Your spawned install gameplay would give you about $4 worth of crappy rush gameplay against 3 n00bs for that $50 dollar game. Oh the fun to be had!
If you want to play with/against people who also love StarCraft I guarantee they have their own copy that will make the $200 price argument obsolete anyway.
Maybe it's because of in Belgium and Holland DVD are regularly prefixed with a clip - 2 to 3 minutes long - that warns that downloading or buying copied DVDs is illegal.
You can't skip these warnings, and very often when the end credits are done you get another text-only warning in 200 languages you can't skip either. And don't get me started on trailers for other movies before DVD menu's!
I bought the stupid DVDs, please don't annoy me with not skippable content and you-are-a-thieve warnings! Or maybe it's because they slap 'special limited 100 disc directors _gut_ edition' on every release?
The only realistic option when buying a current Mac Pro is buying it with the 7300GT
and upgrade it when the newer Mac Pro's come out. The current hardware and enclosure really are top-notch and it screams)
And If you take in account the EA announcement and the fact that ID showed their new engine off using Mac Pro we don't have to wait long for proper gamer configurations from Apple. Judging by the cards in the new MacBook Pro's they'll be good enough.
P.S. PC-hardware cards won't work because these don't have firmware to support EFI booting
He used a Mackie D8B digital mixer desk for all the input/output duties, along with some other quality AD/DA convertors and Focusrite pre-amps/compressors. This went from the Mackie into 2 Digidesign ADAT bridges into the computer and back out. The only hardware that has to work with Mac OS X/ProTools are the ADAT bridges. I guess Digidesign should have some updated hardware that does the same thing.
I found it to be really nice setup because it leaves the mixer desk in control. Since the Mackie is essentially a mixing-computer with it's own operating system it handles all the processing and automation stuff, and all setups could be saved etc... I guess that's one reason his pro-tools software is not that important. Pro-tools is just hist tape-deck and editing station. Not his main mixing and processing tool. I guess the Mackie D8B costs boatloads more than a new Protools hardware setup.
I wish someone put something like that in a compact 8 or 16 channel mixer that works independantly also. I guess a Digi002 comes close in 'mindset'.
I wish I waited another couple of months before splashing for the Gold > Pro upgrade. Now I have to pay up the same amount if I want the spiffy new Guitar Amp. But hey, that's the name of the game I suppose. I hope there's some cheapo upgrade for suckers like me;-)
After recording a cd this week on an an ancient 5 year old mac running pro-tools under Mac OS 9 I can say this much : Logic really is a bargain at the price it's selling at (full AND upgrades) if you see what it offers (features and performance) on the latest PowerBooks and PowerMacs.
But kudos for mac os 9 and pro-tools because the engineer really squeezed every little drop out of his investement (mac + protools + digidesign hardware)
Let's all just hope that he changed his mind because he realised that he screwed up the *story* for the prequels and thus made a completely redundant Ep1 and more or less redundant Ep2 in the SW universe.
Let's hope he enlists the help of Coppola or Spielberg or somebody else direct the sequels so we can all forget the prequels soon.
Or better yet, Lucas should just talk to Kevin Smith to help write and direct the sequels.
At least that way a lot of virgin fanboys in their 30's can finally experience the equivalent of non-self-inflicted orgasm(s)
The Gold Edition is a cracking buy monywise, but anyone who hasn't played any D&D RPG games should buy the original because it includes the extensive ring-bound manual.
Gold only supplies PDF's, and unless you have another PC to read them on while playing they're useless...
As a developer I use a platform I think is stable, robust,opensource,... but fun at the same time. Hence Linux,Mac OS X,...
As an avid gamer I buy the games that I would like to play, and unfortunately run them on a platform that enables me to play those games as easy and as fast as possible. Hence Microsoft Windows.
I hate, dispise windows from top to bottom, but when I'm gaming I can suppress that hate or at least channel it at the next Cacodemon I face;-)
I am a full-time Mac OS X user, but will never buy a Powermac for gaming because I will have a slow gaming system and have to wait untill all the games get ported.
If I ever get the urge to run an Gamecube game that's not available on a PC game I would buy one, maybe even an Xbox if they invent a game good enough for which I would sell me soul to Satan;)
I really hope all this changes and that every game resembles Warcraft3 (simul. Mac + Win) and/or UT2003 etc, but untill then I'll play the games on Windows
I love gaming too much to let my geek OS preference get in the way of that!!
You're absolutely right, there's always gonna be some Linux to use instead of Redhat, but if you want to use the Redhat Network tools and/or services without the need of an Enterprise distro (and cost) you're screwed;-)
...a price of $800 gonna price Redhat out of a market that is believed to replace the billion dollar UNIX market that SUN and IBM dominate ? Even an unlimited license of Mac OS X Server is $999 ? Al other UNIX operating systems cost a hell of a lot more don't they ?
Maybe you won't buy it because you only need the software and *not* the support and *not* the Redhat Network management tools, but those big iron buyers will want the same level of support of their previous purchases.
I just hope they'll continue to release community editions ala Redhat8...
When I first heard about THX certification in Computer Desktop I applauded the Idea. I just figured they were coming of age.
Now every major PC Speaker companies has some top-of-the-line THX certified set, and Creative even has a soundcard that is THX certified. It seemed that the THX certification was not that hard to get, since most of these system do not compare with real Home Theatre setups...
And then I read this article about the merger of ILM, Skywalker Sound an LucasFilm and most important : the fact that LUCAS SOLD THX to "investors including Creative Labs"
I'll bet that the other investors are some form of Logitech/Klipsch/AltecLansing related corps;-)
The only valid reason to buy a THX set is when the THX-logo is big enough to put a homemade "-1138" emblem behind it...
and then they could use those in all the American copShows like N.Y.P.D blue (and rename it NYPD red-white-and-blue)
The "i" stands for digital lifestyle "integration"
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Well, i think its a great idea. I'm already using it to create a shared calender of the upcomings gigs my band has. No HTML editing whatsoever. Fire up iCal, enter dates and publish.
And the fact that that calendar doesn't interfere with my personal calendar is very nice. The sleek design of the calendars are very cool. I can't wait untill we'll be using it at work;-)
One app for ALL my (and my coworkers) calender needs is just excellent.
If i can sum up some advantages I have for my digital lifestyle since I use the Apple iApps and/or MacosX:
- iPhoto , one app to manage my library and export the pictures in nice galleries with a couple of clicks - iCal , one app for ALL my calender needs. Anyone who has a browser can look at my schedules if they need to. - iTools (i hate the.mac name), one service were I can put backups, calenders and my photogalleries. Sure, a bit pricy but usefull nonetheless. When I took pictures of some gig, they'll be online within 30minutes after I plug the camera in my powerbook. Complete with titles and editing. - Addressbook : one place for ALL my addresses, and soon it will be synced with my ericsson phone via bluetooth iSync (I use irDA for the moment)
In my opinion the "i" in iApp stands for "integration" and I like it very much. No "Internet Explorer/windows" integration but just "digital lifestyle-integration"
I know there are good alternatives on other OS's but they lack integration in my humble opinion.
I guess with the opensourcing of Apple's zeroconf implementation there could be some implementation that enables you to monitor rogue network connections.
I was fooling around with iChat and its Rendezvous component and I would imagine that when some idiot neighbour connects to your Airport network and forgets to quit iChat,you could be in for a laugh when he gets an instant-message from you;-) A simple "Who are you and why are you using my Airport network" would be quite a shock I guess.
And a reply from your neighbour stating that you were asking for it because your didn't implement WEP or MAC restriction would be a nice one too;-)
Indeed there are some new bugs introduced into 10.2
When I wake from sleep, Mail.app sometimes cannot get mail from my POP account. It asks for a password, and when I give it the password it says it's not right. When I check mail again, it can connect without a problem. And Mail.app can access my keychain. Imap and other POP accounts work perfect. It had this bug in the developer previews of jaguar.
And when I wake from sleep my Energy Saver says that my battery power has run out and it will return to sleep. Even with a fully charged battery ! Several minutes later the battery power calculates the correct ammount left.
I hope they fix it real soon. I *am* running Build 6C115 from a developer release but the final version of Jag is also 6C115. I hope they're not only in the developer preview (for my sake;-)
Yes you're right. If it bugs me too much I could always use another app. But the fact remains that Apple cannot get the same performance out of its MP3 software as for example Winamp on Windows or XMMS on Linux.
And I find that really strange.
You've got to remember that the macintosh is the superiour system for almost any Audio Professional! How can Apple promote MacOs X into that market (Digital Hub) if it can't get iTunes to play "nice" ?
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I like the deep cross-game integration of status, matchmaking and voice chat but I wish all the players building their own closed social gaming platforms would also build a proper external API to go with it (Xbox Live, Steam etc.).
Maybe we need a Open Game Achievement Standards Body RFC comity group thingie?
Your point doesn't make sense to me gameplay wise (value for money) , since playing with or against 3 of your 'spawned' friends wouldn't be much fun:
You're the only one who was interested enough to lay down $50 for the game, and played the single player campaign (to practice) and play regularly on Battle.Net with random strangers. The rest of your spawned party will most certainly suck at it since it's a deep game, and they had no interest in paying for StarCraft2.
Your spawned install gameplay would give you about $4 worth of crappy rush gameplay against 3 n00bs for that $50 dollar game. Oh the fun to be had!
If you want to play with/against people who also love StarCraft I guarantee they have their own copy that will make the $200 price argument obsolete anyway.
Maybe it's because of in Belgium and Holland DVD are regularly prefixed with a clip - 2 to 3 minutes long - that warns that downloading or buying copied DVDs is illegal.
You can't skip these warnings, and very often when the end credits are done you get another text-only warning in 200 languages you can't skip either. And don't get me started on trailers for other movies before DVD menu's!
I bought the stupid DVDs, please don't annoy me with not skippable content and you-are-a-thieve warnings!
Or maybe it's because they slap 'special limited 100 disc directors _gut_ edition' on every release?
The article (and 'internets' hype) cleary state the problematic machines to be the Mac Pro (manufactured pre 2008)
The only realistic option when buying a current Mac Pro is buying it with the 7300GT and upgrade it when the newer Mac Pro's come out. The current hardware and enclosure really are top-notch and it screams) And If you take in account the EA announcement and the fact that ID showed their new engine off using Mac Pro we don't have to wait long for proper gamer configurations from Apple. Judging by the cards in the new MacBook Pro's they'll be good enough. P.S. PC-hardware cards won't work because these don't have firmware to support EFI booting
I play WoW on my AMD desktop, and on my Powerbook on the patio outside, at work (got to have a break eh ;-)
He used a Mackie D8B digital mixer desk for all the input/output duties, along with some other quality AD/DA convertors and Focusrite pre-amps/compressors. This went from the Mackie into 2 Digidesign ADAT bridges into the computer and back out.
The only hardware that has to work with Mac OS X/ProTools are the ADAT bridges. I guess Digidesign should have some updated hardware that does the same thing.
I found it to be really nice setup because it leaves the mixer desk in control. Since the Mackie is essentially a mixing-computer with it's own operating system it handles all the processing and automation stuff, and all setups could be saved etc...
I guess that's one reason his pro-tools software is not that important. Pro-tools is just hist tape-deck and editing station.
Not his main mixing and processing tool. I guess the Mackie D8B costs boatloads more than a new Protools hardware setup.
I wish someone put something like that in a compact 8 or 16 channel mixer that works independantly also. I guess a Digi002 comes close in 'mindset'.
I wish I waited another couple of months before splashing for the Gold > Pro upgrade. Now I have to pay up the same amount if I want the spiffy new Guitar Amp. ;-)
But hey, that's the name of the game I suppose. I hope there's some cheapo upgrade for suckers like me
After recording a cd this week on an an ancient 5 year old mac running pro-tools under Mac OS 9 I can say this much : Logic really is a bargain at the price it's selling at (full AND upgrades) if you see what it offers (features and performance) on the latest PowerBooks and PowerMacs.
But kudos for mac os 9 and pro-tools because the engineer really squeezed every little drop out of his investement (mac + protools + digidesign hardware)
Let's all just hope that he changed his mind because he realised that he screwed up the *story* for the prequels and thus made a completely redundant Ep1 and more or less redundant Ep2 in the SW universe.
Let's hope he enlists the help of Coppola or Spielberg or somebody else direct the sequels so we can all forget the prequels soon.
Or better yet, Lucas should just talk to Kevin Smith to help write and direct the sequels.
At least that way a lot of virgin fanboys in their 30's can finally experience the equivalent of non-self-inflicted orgasm(s)
See: here
I remember running it a couple of years ago, it was just another ugly motif applications to me ;-) But I was not a pro user.
I guess the demand for publishing under Linux stalled...
It seems us Europeans are presumed smart enough to already know every spell in NWN+SOU. The US release includes manuals, EU release doesn't.
Releveant Bioware Forum Threads:
here andhere
The Gold Edition is a cracking buy monywise, but anyone who hasn't played any D&D RPG games should buy the original because it includes the extensive ring-bound manual.
Gold only supplies PDF's, and unless you have another PC to read them on while playing they're useless...
As a developer I use a platform I think is stable, robust,opensource,... but fun at the same time.
;-)
;)
Hence Linux,Mac OS X,...
As an avid gamer I buy the games that I would like to play, and unfortunately run them on a platform that enables me to play those games as easy and as fast as possible.
Hence Microsoft Windows.
I hate, dispise windows from top to bottom, but when I'm gaming I can suppress that hate or at least channel it at the next Cacodemon I face
I am a full-time Mac OS X user, but will never buy a Powermac for gaming because I will have a slow gaming system and have to wait untill all the games get ported.
If I ever get the urge to run an Gamecube game that's not available on a PC game I would buy one, maybe even an Xbox if they invent a game good enough for which I would sell me soul to Satan
I really hope all this changes and that every game resembles Warcraft3 (simul. Mac + Win) and/or UT2003 etc, but untill then I'll play the games on Windows
I love gaming too much to let my geek OS preference get in the way of that!!
You're absolutely right, there's always gonna be some Linux to use instead of Redhat, but if you want to use the Redhat Network tools and/or services without the need of an Enterprise distro (and cost) you're screwed ;-)
There's a nice page here explaining the differences between normal and Enterprise versions.
;-)
Very useful for the suit to choose which Redhat is suited for him
...a price of $800 gonna price Redhat out of a market that is believed to replace the billion dollar UNIX market that SUN and IBM dominate ?
Even an unlimited license of Mac OS X Server is $999 ?
Al other UNIX operating systems cost a hell of a lot more don't they ?
Maybe you won't buy it because you only need the software and *not* the support and *not* the Redhat Network management tools, but those big iron buyers will want the same level of support of their previous purchases.
I just hope they'll continue to release community editions ala Redhat8...
When I first heard about THX certification in Computer Desktop I applauded the Idea. I just figured they were coming of age.
;-)
Now every major PC Speaker companies has some top-of-the-line THX certified set, and Creative even has a soundcard that is THX certified. It seemed that the THX certification was not that hard to get, since most of these system do not compare with real Home Theatre setups...
And then I read this article about the merger of ILM, Skywalker Sound an LucasFilm and most important : the fact that LUCAS SOLD THX to "investors including Creative Labs"
I'll bet that the other investors are some form of Logitech/Klipsch/AltecLansing related corps
The only valid reason to buy a THX set is when the THX-logo is big enough to put a homemade "-1138" emblem behind it...
and then they could use those in all the American copShows like N.Y.P.D blue
(and rename it NYPD red-white-and-blue)
Well, i think its a great idea.
;-)
.mac name), one service were I can put backups, calenders and my photogalleries. Sure, a bit pricy but usefull nonetheless. When I took pictures of some gig, they'll be online within 30minutes after I plug the camera in my powerbook. Complete with titles and editing.
I'm already using it to create a shared calender of the upcomings gigs my band has.
No HTML editing whatsoever. Fire up iCal, enter dates and publish.
And the fact that that calendar doesn't interfere with my personal calendar is very nice.
The sleek design of the calendars are very cool.
I can't wait untill we'll be using it at work
One app for ALL my (and my coworkers) calender needs is just excellent.
If i can sum up some advantages I have for my digital lifestyle since I use the Apple iApps and/or MacosX:
- iPhoto , one app to manage my library and export the pictures in nice galleries with a couple of clicks
- iCal , one app for ALL my calender needs. Anyone who has a browser can look at my schedules if they need to.
- iTools (i hate the
- Addressbook : one place for ALL my addresses, and soon it will be synced with my ericsson phone via bluetooth iSync (I use irDA for the moment)
In my opinion the "i" in iApp stands for "integration" and I like it very much. No "Internet Explorer/windows" integration but just "digital lifestyle-integration"
I know there are good alternatives on other OS's but they lack integration in my humble opinion.
...might fulfill your powerbook wardriving needs :
get it here
I tested it and it works great
I guess with the opensourcing of Apple's zeroconf implementation there could be some implementation that enables you to monitor rogue network connections.
;-)
;-)
I was fooling around with iChat and its Rendezvous component and I would imagine that when some idiot neighbour connects to your Airport network and forgets to quit iChat,you could be in for a laugh when he gets an instant-message from you
A simple "Who are you and why are you using my Airport network" would be quite a shock I guess.
And a reply from your neighbour stating that you were asking for it because your didn't implement WEP or MAC restriction would be a nice one too
Indeed there are some new bugs introduced into 10.2
When I wake from sleep, Mail.app sometimes cannot get mail from my POP account. It asks for a password, and when I give it the password it says it's not right. When I check mail again, it can connect without a problem. And Mail.app can access my keychain. Imap and other POP accounts work perfect. It had this bug in the developer previews of jaguar.
And when I wake from sleep my Energy Saver says that my battery power has run out and it will return to sleep. Even with a fully charged battery ! Several minutes later the battery power calculates the correct ammount left.
I hope they fix it real soon.
I *am* running Build 6C115 from a developer release but the final version of Jag is also 6C115. I hope they're not only in the developer preview (for my sake;-)
"On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, Apple notified its customers that iTools will be replaced by a new membership service called .Mac"
I got no such notice on my @mac.com address ? Anyone else get the notice ?
"Until recently, interacting with Linux was almost entirely text-driven -- much like Windows' precursor, DOS"
That's as stupid as saying : "Until recently, Microsoft didn't have any dedicated server os, only Windows 3.11"
I'll leave the discussion that NT *was* a "dedicated" server OS to the slashdot crowd (can you say "uptime" ?)
Is MSNBC sure this article is from 2002 ?
Yes you're right. If it bugs me too much I could always use another app. But the fact remains that Apple cannot get the same performance out of its MP3 software as for example Winamp on Windows or XMMS on Linux.
And I find that really strange.
You've got to remember that the macintosh is the superiour system for almost any Audio Professional! How can Apple promote MacOs X into that market (Digital Hub) if it can't get iTunes to play "nice" ?