> 1999 >640 x 480 area of the screen, which was a common monitor size back then
Bah. Kids.
This size was common in 1994 maybe.
1024*768 was pretty much the standard in 1999. Though a lot of idiots may have ran at 800*600 no one ran at 640 * 480 unless they were still running windows 3.0!
It really pisses me off that a lot off people do not get this. I know the human mind likes to break things down into nice boxes. But without realising there are no nice boxes this does not help.
> I'm likely one of the few people here without a smartphone - is it worth it yet?
It was 10 years ago. How many devices do you want to lug around?
> It's an extra $20 something a month for the data plan, and right now I have a waterproof shockproof phone to mitigate the risk of shelling out a few hundred if my phone breaks.
Sucks to be you then. I am paying less now I have a smartphone. Note I never ring people or text anymore so that part of the plan is low.
> Sure, you can often often use non-approved inks in printers by getting syringe based refill kits
Are you serious?
Refilled ink cartridges are avaialable everywhere, they may not be as cheap as doing it yourself but they are out there. And the yare pretty decent these days too.
On a disk by close examination (electron microscope) you could determine all previous states. In theory. However it would not be cost effective.
On a SSD the firmware would move writes around by default for leveling purposes so obviously things would not be overwritten by attempting to write to the same sector. SSD's have no sectors as such it's all because they are pretending to be legacy drives half the time.
> MI 2 had the mix-n-mojo code wheel. those were easy. you just photocopied each aligned option. turned a code-wheel into a 20 page pile of paper, but it worked. or so I heard...
Or you just seperated the wheel and copied each bit and made your own wheel. Which worked fine after cutting out the slots. What is wrong with you, 20 pages, do you hate trees?
> wanted to play it, but the PC version was shit, even with a top of the line run anything computer, it still lagged like crazy and crashed after 5 laggy minutes.
It wsas not shit. It did not even require a top[ of the line machine at launch. It did however always require 3 cores as it was a ported from 2 consoles that gave it such. This basically meast the minimum spec was a quad core machine. Runs great on a Q6600 with avaerage gfx and ram. Unforunatly because everyone at the time still had dual core machines (and a lot still do) the marketing department insisted on saying dual core was minimum spec. Unfortunatly this gave people the wrong idea and they kept trying to upgrade the wrong part of there machine to be able to play the game. I had it for about a week before I got my Q6600 box and it sucked ass on a dual core.
Also consoles for the rich, i think you are somewhat confused. HIgh end PC gaming is for the rich.
Most people do not comprehend the rapid devaluation of computers.
And as much as a 185 quid base unit may be 10 times beter than there current machine, it is bargain basement time, and most people will not buy the cheapest thing available.
And remember people get attacehd to the way they have set things up.
On a windows box at the first sign of anything not quite right I would do a fresh install. I regard this as no effort whatsoever and much better than even attempting to fix it as it cleans out all the enevitable crap that has been installed over time. To be honest I do this with any os I use. OS X, Linux, BSD. It's not that I cannot fix things, it's juts that it will take longert and the machine always benfits from a slimdown. The os is expendable and on it's own partition. My data is safe on other drives and partitions. In fact the only time I rescue machines and not reinstall is for other people. (Yes there is a limit to this! There are many situations I will not re-install but then again sometimes I will just for fun when nothing really is wrong because, you know, it is not effort).
To reverse that it proves they are ready for the mainstream.
Once anything goes mainstream 99.9% of user do not know anything much about the product.
Examples. automobiles (at first they knew nothing, then they knew a lot, now again they know even less, remember you are talking about the majority of users here), tv, radio, electicity.
Hmm I wonder if that holds up for simple items.
More examples, pens, paper, calculators.
Well then yes, most people do not fully understand the tools they use. Prime Time use means they are cheap enough to not have to know because you can replacve them.
> My advice to people thinking about getting these, for the price if you double it, you get a pretty kick ass laptop these days. Go for the laptop, more power, more space, more ram, more CPU, more functional!
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Since when is finding and securing an advantageous position "dirty"?
Depends how you know it's an advantageos position I would have thought.
If it is becuase you are that familier with the map then you have an unfair advantage over someone who only play casualy and does not.
Oh for a truely random 3d map generator that does not just spout crap!
> 1999
>640 x 480 area of the screen, which was a common monitor size back then
Bah. Kids.
This size was common in 1994 maybe.
1024*768 was pretty much the standard in 1999. Though a lot of idiots may have ran at 800*600 no one ran at 640 * 480 unless they were still running windows 3.0!
Blame MS.
The sane option for windows from vista on would have been to deny users the choice and install a 64bit os if the hardware supports it.
Personally I have run 64 bit since xp, although you can only call that a test, vista 64 was ready for all.
Yes I know, the 1 in 16384 people that insist on having some old POC device. Well they can keep an old machine around for it if it is that important.
Nt major versions 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, 2000, XP, vista, 7.
7 is release 7.
Simple if you ain't a dumb kid.
Serious Answer/Question - Who cares as long as it's tasty.
But more specificly. Yes / No.
So what you are esentially saying is.
Shits complex.
It really pisses me off that a lot off people do not get this. I know the human mind likes to break things down into nice boxes. But without realising there are no nice boxes this does not help.
> Back in the 90's I worked as an artist on a game for the original Atari in Milpitas, they folded over a decade ago.
Well you pass on the maths.
However the original Atari are surely Atari Inc. They ceased to be in 1984.
Woooooosh.
> I'm likely one of the few people here without a smartphone - is it worth it yet?
It was 10 years ago. How many devices do you want to lug around?
> It's an extra $20 something a month for the data plan, and right now I have a waterproof shockproof phone to mitigate the risk of shelling out a few hundred if my phone breaks.
Sucks to be you then. I am paying less now I have a smartphone. Note I never ring people or text anymore so that part of the plan is low.
> Am I really missing out?
Only if such things matter to you.
ANd would you still do that if (as in this case) you had a link on thier advertising your shit?
> They didn't do anything first much less innovative enough
Is this what you really think the modern patent system is about?
> Sure, you can often often use non-approved inks in printers by getting syringe based refill kits
Are you serious?
Refilled ink cartridges are avaialable everywhere, they may not be as cheap as doing it yourself but they are out there. And the yare pretty decent these days too.
> your shit gets all retarded.
Well at least we can all agree that constipation sucks.
> I bought the Original DS, which was bulky as shit
Have you like sat a lite on top of an original? There is really not much difference you know!
Nah it aint like that.
Updates: Who gives a crap, they are throw away, getting rid is probably a blessing later!
Pictures: Anyone who does not keep a local copy is an idiot and probably deserves to lose em!
In all, there is no issue.
On a disk by close examination (electron microscope) you could determine all previous states. In theory. However it would not be cost effective.
On a SSD the firmware would move writes around by default for leveling purposes so obviously things would not be overwritten by attempting to write to the same sector. SSD's have no sectors as such it's all because they are pretending to be legacy drives half the time.
> MI 2 had the mix-n-mojo code wheel. those were easy. you just photocopied each aligned option. turned a code-wheel into a 20 page pile of paper, but it worked. or so I heard...
Or you just seperated the wheel and copied each bit and made your own wheel. Which worked fine after cutting out the slots. What is wrong with you, 20 pages, do you hate trees?
I detect a lack of viewpoint either way in your comment so I shall assume you mean that in the way i would.
> wanted to play it, but the PC version was shit, even with a top of the line run anything computer, it still lagged like crazy and crashed after 5 laggy minutes.
It wsas not shit. It did not even require a top[ of the line machine at launch. It did however always require 3 cores as it was a ported from 2 consoles that gave it such. This basically meast the minimum spec was a quad core machine. Runs great on a Q6600 with avaerage gfx and ram. Unforunatly because everyone at the time still had dual core machines (and a lot still do) the marketing department insisted on saying dual core was minimum spec. Unfortunatly this gave people the wrong idea and they kept trying to upgrade the wrong part of there machine to be able to play the game. I had it for about a week before I got my Q6600 box and it sucked ass on a dual core.
Also consoles for the rich, i think you are somewhat confused. HIgh end PC gaming is for the rich.
I find the lack of cat related things in your comment disturbing!
> "what is the difference between right and left?"
I think you will find that a deep and complex philosophical question.
You might, most people will not.
Most people do not comprehend the rapid devaluation of computers.
And as much as a 185 quid base unit may be 10 times beter than there current machine, it is bargain basement time, and most people will not buy the cheapest thing available.
And remember people get attacehd to the way they have set things up.
On a windows box at the first sign of anything not quite right I would do a fresh install. I regard this as no effort whatsoever and much better than even attempting to fix it as it cleans out all the enevitable crap that has been installed over time. To be honest I do this with any os I use. OS X, Linux, BSD. It's not that I cannot fix things, it's juts that it will take longert and the machine always benfits from a slimdown. The os is expendable and on it's own partition. My data is safe on other drives and partitions. In fact the only time I rescue machines and not reinstall is for other people. (Yes there is a limit to this! There are many situations I will not re-install but then again sometimes I will just for fun when nothing really is wrong because, you know, it is not effort).
To reverse that it proves they are ready for the mainstream.
Once anything goes mainstream 99.9% of user do not know anything much about the product.
Examples. automobiles (at first they knew nothing, then they knew a lot, now again they know even less, remember you are talking about the majority of users here), tv, radio, electicity.
Hmm I wonder if that holds up for simple items.
More examples, pens, paper, calculators.
Well then yes, most people do not fully understand the tools they use. Prime Time use means they are cheap enough to not have to know because you can replacve them.
> You're convinced your answer is right and that everybody else is an idiot
I'm certainly convinced of the second.
Not so sure about the first.
The second is supported by a large ammount of evidence.
> My advice to people thinking about getting these, for the price if you double it, you get a pretty kick ass laptop these days. Go for the laptop, more power, more space, more ram, more CPU, more functional!
More missing the point?