I'm probably a "hardcore" gamer. I average about 4 hours a night after work and various other activities.
If you're "only" playing an average of four hours a night, I'd suggest you're most definitely NOT a "hardcore" gamer. I'd say you're an average player, somewhere in between the casual gamer, and the hardcore fiends who hit 60 in a week.
I agree with your post though. I spend most of my time soloing, and usually would rather solo than group. I don't feel like spamming strangers with invites, and its not always easy to get a group of friends together for a night of gaming. It'd be nice if you didn't have to be several levels higher than the mobs in an area to complete it on your own.
That'd be relevant if a WSG match had run since the patch went live. I haven't seen one on Llane when I've been/whoing, and from what the queue tells me (admitedly in the 20-29 bracket, I just started a month ago and have alt-itis) there hasn't been one period.
I'm on Terenas, and get to play WSG all the time. Sadly, I've never been able to try Arathi Basin, mcuh as I've wanted to. I just sit in the queue for hours.
The Cyrix CPUs were ok, but to be honest, the AMD was quite a bit better. And of course soon only Intel would support caching for more than 64MB of memory.
Quite right. I'd put my old Am486 DX4-100 up against any of those Cyrix piles of trash any day. I was able to play games like Quake 2 and Need for Speed 2 - games which supposedly required a Pentium 90 or better. That machine was great...
...It's the users. Until the general population of computer users become smart enough to know not to open strange attachments or install malware from unscrupulous websites, hax0rs will always find a way around virus protection schemes
Except worms propogate on their own, not by clueless users opening random attachments. The only thing the clueless user is guilty of in this case is not patching their software.
I don't doubt the number of viruses for Linux (Or OS X, or FreeBSD, or any other non-Windows OS) would rise were one of them the dominant platform. However, the very design of these platforms severely reduces the possible exploits, as well as the impact any possible exploits would have.
EA isn't denying anybody anything. It's the NFL and NFLPA who're ultimately responsible for EA's monopoly. EA simply made a business decision that made perfect sense to them (which sadly, hurts customers - but EA hasn't cared about their customers in some time).
It's too bad - Sega was actually helping gamers by producing great games, and releasing them at a lower price than EA (I think EA might've even dropped the price of some of their games last year as a result). Now, EA doesn't have to innovate, or compete on price.
Indeed. Except, the article isn't about what broswer users have or have not downloaded/installed, but what browsers are accessing some 40,000 sites monitored by NetApplications.
Well based on the gamespot review, more people than me think it's not enough to charge full game price for what gets updated. Especially in the 2006 version of madden.
Sega and the NFL 2K series was starting to change this, then EA went and made the NFL license exclusive...
This game is evil because you're allowed to beat on Jesus", especially if you get points or some sort of reward for beating on Jesus. And honestly, I could see their point for the game not being appropriate (i.e. it'd be just like a game where you're a nazi and you get to execute jewish people).
I want to play both of these games, where do I get them?
The fact that the only way you can buy a Macintosh is bundled with software also means it's not a good platform for open source operating systems.
I think this company would tell you otherwise. (OK, it does ship with software, but its the precious Linux you want to run on it anyway).
Their processor, motherboard, and BIOS are clearly not standard PC components.
As stated above, current Macintosh computers don't use a BIOS, they use OpenFirmware, which, as the name implies, is open. As for the processor and motherboard, what about them is undocumented, that isn't with PC hardware? I'd guess Motorola and IBM are actually MORE open than Intel is about their processors, and most motherboard manufacturers don't tell you that much info beyond what chipset their using, so in this case, they're about as open as Apple is with their motherboards.
I raced RC cars for years. Nothing I saw in that postage-sized clip was anything special. Move the bumper back on a standard Team Losi XXX4 and it'll climb stairs too...
I for one am impressed - somehow, you managed to respond to the wrong article.
If someone can come up with a good reason to use BSD vice Linux, let me know.
Some of the reasons I prefer FreeBSD to Linux:
- Ports - No Linux package management system can compare with the beauty that is the FreeBSD ports collection - Clear separation between base system and add-on software - License - I prefer the BSD license to the GPL - init scripts - I like the/etc/rc.d system better than the different sets of scripts I've encountered on a Linux system. - filesystem layout - I've found the layout of the filesystem to be more logical than most Linux distros. This kind of ties in to my "separation of base system and add-on software" point above. - stable, secure. - easy updating with cvsup and make *world - I like the kernel configuration better. Linux' make config, make menuconfig, make xconfig are a pain. I'd rather just edit a text file, and go.
Many of these things are just personal preference. Give FreeBSD a serious look sometime, you may like it better than Linux.
Linux provides all the anti-MS geekiness I can stand at the moment.
That's not a reason to use anything. "Linux users hate Microsoft. FreeBSD users love UNIX" (Shamelessly stolen from someone's.sig here, I believe).
Whether you switch the applications first, or the OS, you still have to switch at some point. If you switch the OS first, maybe you can at least cut down on the viruses, trojans, wroms, etc. the user has to deal with, giving him or her time to learn a new office suite.
My experience with openfirmware hasn't been that good. Or at least if the MacOS does use OF it sucks. I couldn't get into the OF prompt no matter what magic key combo I hit.
I've entered it before. It's Command-F or Option-F I think. The problem with the Mac is that it doesn't display any messages while it POSTs. On Sun boxes, you get nice pretty text messages (and STOP-A enters OF right away, the Mac seems to make you hold it down for some time and wait til it enters OF).
You can also manipulate it with the "nvram" command..
Guess you haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Now, they open up in the browser window. I miss the old way (especially because it doesn't put a taskbar across the top so I can easily zoom in - have to right click, Zoom In several times).
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I'm probably a "hardcore" gamer. I average about 4 hours a night after work and various other activities.
If you're "only" playing an average of four hours a night, I'd suggest you're most definitely NOT a "hardcore" gamer. I'd say you're an average player, somewhere in between the casual gamer, and the hardcore fiends who hit 60 in a week.
I agree with your post though. I spend most of my time soloing, and usually would rather solo than group. I don't feel like spamming strangers with invites, and its not always easy to get a group of friends together for a night of gaming. It'd be nice if you didn't have to be several levels higher than the mobs in an area to complete it on your own.
That'd be relevant if a WSG match had run since the patch went live. I haven't seen one on Llane when I've been /whoing, and from what the queue tells me (admitedly in the 20-29 bracket, I just started a month ago and have alt-itis) there hasn't been one period.
I'm on Terenas, and get to play WSG all the time. Sadly, I've never been able to try Arathi Basin, mcuh as I've wanted to. I just sit in the queue for hours.
The Cyrix CPUs were ok, but to be honest, the AMD was quite a bit better. And of course soon only Intel would support caching for more than 64MB of memory.
Quite right. I'd put my old Am486 DX4-100 up against any of those Cyrix piles of trash any day. I was able to play games like Quake 2 and Need for Speed 2 - games which supposedly required a Pentium 90 or better. That machine was great...
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...It's the users. Until the general population of computer users become smart enough to know not to open strange attachments or install malware from unscrupulous websites, hax0rs will always find a way around virus protection schemes
Except worms propogate on their own, not by clueless users opening random attachments. The only thing the clueless user is guilty of in this case is not patching their software.
I don't doubt the number of viruses for Linux (Or OS X, or FreeBSD, or any other non-Windows OS) would rise were one of them the dominant platform. However, the very design of these platforms severely reduces the possible exploits, as well as the impact any possible exploits would have.
The Mac OS X compilers and libraries will require Apple's prototype Intel-based Macs hardware and won't run on generic PCs, he said.
:)
Sounds like a challenge. Though it probably doesn't have the same appear as getting OS X to run on generic x86 boxes..
Christ, you must be old :)
Does anyone know what he's talking about?
Yup. Pretty soon we'll have one game per sport, because of all these exclusives.
That'd be great, if EA hadn't nabbed that license as well.
Football fans are being raped without so much as a reach around...
EA isn't denying anybody anything. It's the NFL and NFLPA who're ultimately responsible for EA's monopoly. EA simply made a business decision that made perfect sense to them (which sadly, hurts customers - but EA hasn't cared about their customers in some time).
It's too bad - Sega was actually helping gamers by producing great games, and releasing them at a lower price than EA (I think EA might've even dropped the price of some of their games last year as a result). Now, EA doesn't have to innovate, or compete on price.
Indeed. Except, the article isn't about what broswer users have or have not downloaded/installed, but what browsers are accessing some 40,000 sites monitored by NetApplications.
Probably right there next to Starcraft 2..
They'll both see the light - some day..
Well based on the gamespot review, more people than me think it's not enough to charge full game price for what gets updated. Especially in the 2006 version of madden.
Sega and the NFL 2K series was starting to change this, then EA went and made the NFL license exclusive...
Sure, you can patch it - if you know how. Not everyone is a C programmer.
The state has the right to limit the sale of pornography to the red light district of your local adult book store. It has the right to demand ID.
Funny, I thought stores were supposed to ask for ID when someone purchases an "M" rated game.
This game is evil because you're allowed to beat on Jesus", especially if you get points or some sort of reward for beating on Jesus. And honestly, I could see their point for the game not being appropriate (i.e. it'd be just like a game where you're a nazi and you get to execute jewish people).
I want to play both of these games, where do I get them?
Overall, PC hardware remains a better platform for running Linux and other open source operating systems.
Indeed. I suppose that's why Linus switched to a G5.
The fact that the only way you can buy a Macintosh is bundled with software also means it's not a good platform for open source operating systems.
I think this company would tell you otherwise. (OK, it does ship with software, but its the precious Linux you want to run on it anyway).
Their processor, motherboard, and BIOS are clearly not standard PC components.
As stated above, current Macintosh computers don't use a BIOS, they use OpenFirmware, which, as the name implies, is open. As for the processor and motherboard, what about them is undocumented, that isn't with PC hardware? I'd guess Motorola and IBM are actually MORE open than Intel is about their processors, and most motherboard manufacturers don't tell you that much info beyond what chipset their using, so in this case, they're about as open as Apple is with their motherboards.
I raced RC cars for years. Nothing I saw in that postage-sized clip was anything special. Move the bumper back on a standard Team Losi XXX4 and it'll climb stairs too...
I for one am impressed - somehow, you managed to respond to the wrong article.
If someone can come up with a good reason to use BSD vice Linux, let me know.
/etc/rc.d system better than the different sets of scripts I've encountered on a Linux system.
.sig here, I believe).
Some of the reasons I prefer FreeBSD to Linux:
- Ports - No Linux package management system can compare with the beauty that is the FreeBSD ports collection
- Clear separation between base system and add-on software
- License - I prefer the BSD license to the GPL
- init scripts - I like the
- filesystem layout - I've found the layout of the filesystem to be more logical than most Linux distros. This kind of ties in to my "separation of base system and add-on software" point above.
- stable, secure.
- easy updating with cvsup and make *world
- I like the kernel configuration better. Linux' make config, make menuconfig, make xconfig are a pain. I'd rather just edit a text file, and go.
Many of these things are just personal preference. Give FreeBSD a serious look sometime, you may like it better than Linux.
Linux provides all the anti-MS geekiness I can stand at the moment.
That's not a reason to use anything. "Linux users hate Microsoft. FreeBSD users love UNIX" (Shamelessly stolen from someone's
Whether you switch the applications first, or the OS, you still have to switch at some point. If you switch the OS first, maybe you can at least cut down on the viruses, trojans, wroms, etc. the user has to deal with, giving him or her time to learn a new office suite.
My experience with openfirmware hasn't been that good. Or at least if the MacOS does use OF it sucks. I couldn't get into the OF prompt no matter what magic key combo I hit.
I've entered it before. It's Command-F or Option-F I think. The problem with the Mac is that it doesn't display any messages while it POSTs. On Sun boxes, you get nice pretty text messages (and STOP-A enters OF right away, the Mac seems to make you hold it down for some time and wait til it enters OF).
You can also manipulate it with the "nvram" command..
one more excuse not to pick up the phone when my mom calls me.
.sig is on-topic!
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She blinded me with science.
Even your
Why not just add those to the BIOS?
Why add more cruft to this horribly outdaged kludge that's been with us for far too long?
I'd rather see OpenFirmware embraced than this Intel designed strategy though..
Guess you haven't upgraded to Tiger yet. Now, they open up in the browser window. I miss the old way (especially because it doesn't put a taskbar across the top so I can easily zoom in - have to right click, Zoom In several times).