Naw, they *build* Linux, didn't you know that? The newest model rolling off the assembly line gets an estimated 35mpg on the highway, seats a family of 6, and sings happy birthday to you every year. Long live RedHat!
The primary purpose of moderation is not to increase someone's karma but to make good comments more visible and bad comments less visible. The karma is just a side effect to encourage people to write good comments. Many excellent comments are written by ACs and they stay at 0 score too often.
I agree, and lately AC's have had alot more to contribute than just links to goatse.cx, but modding higher than 2 or 3 is completely pointless.
Sweet, thanks for the info. If I only had mod points I'd do you justice, but the way people mod these days, you'd probably just get points taken away and end up offtopic. Oh well, thanks again.
Hey moderators, don't waste your points modding this AC up to +5, that's a total of 6 points!! AC's don't get karma remember? I think a +1 or +2 would've sufficed...
I think more games should be made like the old infocom games. If I had any kind of coding skill I'd take Neuromancer, adapt it from the c64/amiga game and use the Muddle language to make it into a text-based game. They're still fun, and there are parsers for every machine out there.
From what I've seen with amd motherboards (granted, this isn't amd's fault), half of those damn via chipset discount boards should be bonfired. The worst agp implementation ever seems to rear it's ugly head only in linux.
Actually if you get the nicemc plugin for winamp it can play almost any format for movies. I used to use it when I used windows. All they have to do is buy the guy's code and include it with the release. A much better player than Windows Media by any estimation.
Your argument falls apart like a paper doll when held to the light of scrutiny.
Nike isn't a new company, and they didn't start with 3rd world labor. They helped create it. They found that they could cut costs (yes that's corporate speak for boost profits) if they could find a country with no labor laws and no fair wage laws. They decided to take their could've-been-american jobs to another country in the name of profit. Do you honestly believe a $120 Nike shoe costs anywhere near that much to manufacture? The shoes aren't expensive due to the 'new technology' in each and every shoe. It's to sponsor marketing campaigns to brainwash consumer puppets into buying their low quality, overpriced slave labor shoes. The only reason you show apathy towards this situation is because you have a nice life wherever you live and you have _no clue_ what the conditions are like in these factories.
In the end, Nike is hurting their economies. Primitive economies are built on hard goods trade and labor. IF Nike pulls out of one of these villages, the local economy instantly collapses, then will make a gradual recovery. The mosquito can make a meal of a human for life, but not if she's given half a drop every week.
Well that's all. It's clear to me that you don't understand 3rd world economics or how US foreign policy helps bloodsucking corporations exploit labor there.
I've figured it all out. The US has been spying on China for quite some time (the new cold war?) and I know what they want. I can't believe I didn't discover this fact when the US spy plane went down over China. They want the infamous egg salad recipe. So much trouble for such a small item.
There's nothing more grand, more worthwile, and more deserving of our respect than profit. Nothing.
I beg to differ. Just because Nike exploits third-world countries and turn a huge profit, doesn't mean they're deserving of my respect. I spit on them and anyone who helps fund their 3rd world ghettos. There are plenty of greedy megacorporations that fit this description. I'm not saying Aol/TW is one of them, but your statement is crass and insulting.
Maybe I misinterpreted your post. When you say "they" should've shipped RtCW already, I took it as meaning they as in Id, who ultimately releases the game. "They" as in Tuxgames doesn't make sense. TG was waiting for a *full* version of the game including the sp binary. I bet alot more people would've been pissed off to get the mp binary with no singleplayer in the mail rather than wait for the full version. Maybe you're an exception?
Point your irc client at irc.openprojects.net, join #nvidia and thank TTimo in person. He's a nice guy but has been irritable lately because everyone's been pestering him about the port.
Yes, it's justifiable to pay $600 for a flimsy cardboard box and a plastic CD.
If you make $600 with said flimsy cardboard box and plastic CD, I think the product has paid for itself.
Justification's from Adobe's view? If the $600 price funds the development of the next version of Photoshop and keeps employees and the company afloat, that's justification.
Can anybody possibly justify taking property that doesn't belong to you?
Quit all this whining already, just be glad that TTimo busted his ass for a few months and the port is available. He didn't HAVE to port it, and Id didn't HAVE to feel the need to pay him to do it.
Your co-workers will play the MP levels on your server forever. The single player aspect of any game loses it's charm after you beat it, but you can play it online indefinitely.
The problems with your games running at a lower res and taking up a corner of the desktop is your XF86Config file. You need to define more (smaller) resolutions that it can switch to.
Also they clearly state in the installer (you know, that readme that you clicked through without reading) that wine can be used to extract the game from the cd. Sheesh.
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Naw, they *build* Linux, didn't you know that? The newest model rolling off the assembly line gets an estimated 35mpg on the highway, seats a family of 6, and sings happy birthday to you every year. Long live RedHat!
The primary purpose of moderation is not to increase someone's karma but to make good comments more visible and bad comments less visible. The karma is just a side effect to encourage people to write good comments. Many excellent comments are written by ACs and they stay at 0 score too often. I agree, and lately AC's have had alot more to contribute than just links to goatse.cx, but modding higher than 2 or 3 is completely pointless.
Sweet, thanks for the info. If I only had mod points I'd do you justice, but the way people mod these days, you'd probably just get points taken away and end up offtopic. Oh well, thanks again.
Hey moderators, don't waste your points modding this AC up to +5, that's a total of 6 points!! AC's don't get karma remember? I think a +1 or +2 would've sufficed...
I think more games should be made like the old infocom games. If I had any kind of coding skill I'd take Neuromancer, adapt it from the c64/amiga game and use the Muddle language to make it into a text-based game. They're still fun, and there are parsers for every machine out there.
Karma whoring, here I come. Hopefully this server can withstand a mild slashdotting. Link
From what I've seen with amd motherboards (granted, this isn't amd's fault), half of those damn via chipset discount boards should be bonfired. The worst agp implementation ever seems to rear it's ugly head only in linux.
I guess it takes awhile to pile through the submissions. This was posted on pclinuxonline.com recently.
Um, no, that was Gauntlet by Atari. Remember...elf needs food, badly!
What the hell are you talking about sir? Did they say they're mounting mines and missiles on these little guys? I guess I missed something here.
Quote "But it's the spooky image that grabbed *me*..."
Yeah, a picture of little robots is real spooky. I bet this guy's shadow gives him a heart attack.
Actually if you get the nicemc plugin for winamp it can play almost any format for movies. I used to use it when I used windows. All they have to do is buy the guy's code and include it with the release. A much better player than Windows Media by any estimation.
Your argument falls apart like a paper doll when held to the light of scrutiny.
Nike isn't a new company, and they didn't start with 3rd world labor. They helped create it. They found that they could cut costs (yes that's corporate speak for boost profits) if they could find a country with no labor laws and no fair wage laws. They decided to take their could've-been-american jobs to another country in the name of profit. Do you honestly believe a $120 Nike shoe costs anywhere near that much to manufacture? The shoes aren't expensive due to the 'new technology' in each and every shoe. It's to sponsor marketing campaigns to brainwash consumer puppets into buying their low quality, overpriced slave labor shoes. The only reason you show apathy towards this situation is because you have a nice life wherever you live and you have _no clue_ what the conditions are like in these factories.
In the end, Nike is hurting their economies. Primitive economies are built on hard goods trade and labor. IF Nike pulls out of one of these villages, the local economy instantly collapses, then will make a gradual recovery. The mosquito can make a meal of a human for life, but not if she's given half a drop every week.
Well that's all. It's clear to me that you don't understand 3rd world economics or how US foreign policy helps bloodsucking corporations exploit labor there.
It's not Copyright protection!! It doesn't protect copyrights.
Call it Copy prevention because that's what it does!! Perhaps Copy interference even.
Now to make the obvious WarGames reference:
"Interesting game. The only way to win is not to play."
You know what? That goes double for Russian roulette!
Yeah, remember what they said in Zerowing:
All your copiers are belong to us.
Isn't that clip going to be sold to HBO and used in Gay Ass Folk?
I've figured it all out. The US has been spying on China for quite some time (the new cold war?) and I know what they want. I can't believe I didn't discover this fact when the US spy plane went down over China. They want the infamous egg salad recipe. So much trouble for such a small item.
There's nothing more grand, more worthwile, and more deserving of our respect than profit. Nothing.
I beg to differ. Just because Nike exploits third-world countries and turn a huge profit, doesn't mean they're deserving of my respect. I spit on them and anyone who helps fund their 3rd world ghettos. There are plenty of greedy megacorporations that fit this description. I'm not saying Aol/TW is one of them, but your statement is crass and insulting.
..they'll beat the numbers at the 1995 Million Man March in no time flat.
Maybe I misinterpreted your post. When you say "they" should've shipped RtCW already, I took it as meaning they as in Id, who ultimately releases the game. "They" as in Tuxgames doesn't make sense. TG was waiting for a *full* version of the game including the sp binary. I bet alot more people would've been pissed off to get the mp binary with no singleplayer in the mail rather than wait for the full version. Maybe you're an exception?
Point your irc client at irc.openprojects.net, join #nvidia and thank TTimo in person. He's a nice guy but has been irritable lately because everyone's been pestering him about the port.
Yes, it's justifiable to pay $600 for a flimsy cardboard box and a plastic CD.
If you make $600 with said flimsy cardboard box and plastic CD, I think the product has paid for itself.
Justification's from Adobe's view? If the $600 price funds the development of the next version of Photoshop and keeps employees and the company afloat, that's justification.
Can anybody possibly justify taking property that doesn't belong to you?
Quit all this whining already, just be glad that TTimo busted his ass for a few months and the port is available. He didn't HAVE to port it, and Id didn't HAVE to feel the need to pay him to do it.
Your co-workers will play the MP levels on your server forever. The single player aspect of any game loses it's charm after you beat it, but you can play it online indefinitely.
The problems with your games running at a lower res and taking up a corner of the desktop is your XF86Config file. You need to define more (smaller) resolutions that it can switch to.
Also they clearly state in the installer (you know, that readme that you clicked through without reading) that wine can be used to extract the game from the cd. Sheesh.