On the geek-hormones end of the issue, given the fact that the other 2 major players in the market are pushing 'radical' new CPU architectures--'the Cell' and the 'IBM (9xx-based?) Core Three Trio'--Nintendo's offering seems tame and low-testosterone.
On the rational end of the issue... As long as it gets the job done who the hell cares.
There I was, expecting some smartassed 'principal' that basically claims 'the moment you anthropomorphise (IE apply human characteristics) the clockwork of the Universe, you're officially wrong' rofl
I'm still learning shortcut keys on OS X but what I have found is that it is incredibly inconsistent.
I find that perspective very interesting. I previously worked in book publishing and found myself mastering every Mac OS (9 at the time, consistently carried over to X) text-oriented shortcut there is out of necessity in a short period of time.
Currently using Windows at work I learned just how many leaps and bounds Apple is above MS in that regard. Special-character keystrokes are just the tip of the iceberg (i need to type Alt-whatthefuck?) You use the ctrl key as the primary modifier... unless you're going for a systemwide command then you use Alt-ObscureFkey (??!!). At least Command-Q has a mnemonic tag by design. Meanwhile, publishing industry apps such as Quark and Adobe suite include ctrl-Q for poor Apple-oriented saps like myself.
As far as I recall, hitting shift-end does what you want universally on both platforms, no?
...Then, if the user has sufficiently proven that they're not interested in UAC and its annoying behavior, let the user fly free. Let them be stupid. Let them get on with life, please. UAC is the wrong solution for a very real problem. But the truth is, real power users are just going to turn it off anyway. All that work has been for nothing, sorry. It's just going to upset normal people. Every. Single. Day.
Brings back those painful memories of OS X 10.0 -> 10.1 where I'm sure quite a few of us said "fuggit! I'm not a n00b! I have the maturity and restraint it takes to run as root:~$" Oh boy I personally burned myself twice on that one. Then I learned the true benefits of privelege restriction.
I wonder how long it will truly be before Microsoft whittles a toothpick of obtrusiveness from this trunk of obstruction.
I would tend to concur with you on a basic level; having recently started anew on a PvP realm for the change of pace--armed with a much better knowledge of the game--I decided to clothe my new mage with tailoring skill.
In the case of tailoring, you can make great items for yourself up to approximately level 22-24 at which point you're killing so many damn mobs for wool and silk cloth that you quickly character-level beyond from your tradeskill-level... while at the same time making enough silver from quests and drops that purchasing better equipment elsewhere is almost always a better deal (bags excluded).
But there are also craftskills that offer benefits throughout the entire 60 level ascent, most notably Engineering (which begins with an obnoxious amount of explosives and bullet production) Around level 175 (and around character level 25) engineering starts getting interesting with little "get out of death free" cards. From my limited experience Alchemy seems to stay level-equivalent as well.
Am I the only one who expected that commercial to start getting really steamy-gay at any moment? I think not.
Not that I have a problem with that... They just could have toned down the iZod/70's hair thing a bit maybe? Tightening the graphics probably wouldn't have helped.
Killing a paladin takes so much time relative to other classes even pvp is skewed. So now with the expansion both sides will have access to the most overpowered class in the game.
I'll give you that it takes a bit to kill a paladin, but having an elemental shaman at 49 I'm finding equal-level paladins absolutely no trouble whatsoever. "purge-purge-ZZZAP... purge-purge-ZZZAP. Oh OK you bubble there and blow the rest of your mana futilely healing yourself, I'll be right back after melting your 42 mage friend's face off"
I say if any class is overpowered it's shaman, and I'm in the majority on that sentiment I think. Your 2nd quoted statement still holds true;D
I'm willing to accept that it's the best thing going on MacOS, though.
Aside from (again) the completely hit-n-miss WMV codec support. Leaving us to still--in the 2nd half of 2006--jimmy back and forth between VLC and Flip4Mac. *cry
I lost so many coats as a child in Michigan that I cannot imagine having held onto a cell phone at age 6. The lost and found will gradually resemble Radioshack.
Yeah but it's not like you could call up your coat and say "hi this coat belongs to andrewman327 could you please be sure it gets back to him?" I'm just saying...
Dude, I'm typing this on a 1999-vintage PC running Windows 98
Windows 98!? Jesus Haeleth, he's probably running 10.4.7! Terrible comparison! You just blue screened your entire argument!
Load up Windows XP Service Pack 12 Security Pack 419... No wait I'm sorry that doesn't even have contemporary features... Load Vista Beta on it and get back to us!
Meanwhile Blizzard is making more things that require Arcanite, which is probably the single most farmed resource on the entire server.
Water breathing potions/deepdive helmet/shaman buff... Azshara bay... Swim speed equipment/potions. Never seen a single unguilded toon with a name like "Zzngqx" out there. Outfoxing our Chinese colleagues is one of the more thrilling aspects of the game.
Suddenly, you would have people making tens or hundreds of times more than anyone else in their area, bringing in huge amounts of income.
I found this very interesting, it's as though you mentally worked through the entire scenario of "China A" and "China B" on a local rather than national level, without much foreknowledge of the actual situation.
I think you'll find that Frontline episode completely fascinating. It lead me to believe that all the buzz surrounding "the ascent of megasuperpower China" is a straw horse and completely untenable in the long run.
I regularly play WoW on a Sawtooth G4 with a dual 1.2 Ghz upgrade and AGP 2x Radeon 9000... Fail to see how a new iMac with Core Duo and X1600 PCIE is "not even WoW friendly"
And to me, the traditional serif font was unacceptable... For that matter any serif font on any website, which is why I always assign the Universal serif font in any browser I regularly use to Gill Sans or Arial by default.
You know, it's funny. The reason I was confused was that when I was growing up (not that long ago, to be honest) the word 'gank' meant 'to steal rudely, with force or disrespect.' It's interesting how word meanings migrate due to time and change of context.
Even weirder: "twink" used to mean "young airheaded gay male" and now means "overpowered lower level character assisted by external sources"
Will it be like "Signs", in which the main story is off playing elsewhere, while our characters are involved with their own struggles?
This is exactly what I was hoping when I daydreamed about a potential Warcraft movie a couple months back. I hope they hinge the picture around intimate personalized struggles (Alliance AND Horde) to better convey the WoW experience rather than predominantly throw Ye Epic Tales at a mainstream audience... I mean, when I have trouble falling asleep I consider picking up the WoW manual and filling myself in on some more backstory...
I will be eternally impressed with Blizzard/Legendary if they work in an Orc/Human sex scene.
...the good ol' doc will expect him to know whether he's running a beta version of his appendix.
iirc the appendix left beta stage millenia ago and has been a deprecated technology for quite a while;D
...this guy makes the same classic mistake tons of helldesk employees do, which is to confuse the concept of "intelligence" with "knowledge about computers"
Quite true, a perfect example would be my father. He's a highly intellligent man--a man who in 1978 knew more about computers than likely 99+ percent of the population, various coding languages under his belt--yet still needs to call me when his PowerMac hiccups and runs out of his own solutions.
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Seriously, when are you Windows guys going to stop correlating Macs to BETAMAX?
On the geek-hormones end of the issue, given the fact that the other 2 major players in the market are pushing 'radical' new CPU architectures--'the Cell' and the 'IBM (9xx-based?) Core Three Trio'--Nintendo's offering seems tame and low-testosterone.
On the rational end of the issue... As long as it gets the job done who the hell cares.
There I was, expecting some smartassed 'principal' that basically claims 'the moment you anthropomorphise (IE apply human characteristics) the clockwork of the Universe, you're officially wrong' rofl
Weirdest typo I've seen all year.
Currently using Windows at work I learned just how many leaps and bounds Apple is above MS in that regard. Special-character keystrokes are just the tip of the iceberg (i need to type Alt-whatthefuck?) You use the ctrl key as the primary modifier... unless you're going for a systemwide command then you use Alt-ObscureFkey (??!!). At least Command-Q has a mnemonic tag by design. Meanwhile, publishing industry apps such as Quark and Adobe suite include ctrl-Q for poor Apple-oriented saps like myself.
As far as I recall, hitting shift-end does what you want universally on both platforms, no?
Half out of curiosity, half out of hubris: how often does WoW freeze on him under RC1?
I wonder how long it will truly be before Microsoft whittles a toothpick of obtrusiveness from this trunk of obstruction.
In the case of tailoring, you can make great items for yourself up to approximately level 22-24 at which point you're killing so many damn mobs for wool and silk cloth that you quickly character-level beyond from your tradeskill-level... while at the same time making enough silver from quests and drops that purchasing better equipment elsewhere is almost always a better deal (bags excluded).
But there are also craftskills that offer benefits throughout the entire 60 level ascent, most notably Engineering (which begins with an obnoxious amount of explosives and bullet production) Around level 175 (and around character level 25) engineering starts getting interesting with little "get out of death free" cards. From my limited experience Alchemy seems to stay level-equivalent as well.
Oh, it must be Tuesday Morning.
Not that I have a problem with that... They just could have toned down the iZod/70's hair thing a bit maybe? Tightening the graphics probably wouldn't have helped.
I say if any class is overpowered it's shaman, and I'm in the majority on that sentiment I think. Your 2nd quoted statement still holds true ;D
Can someone please explain the logic in that? I'm trying to remedy the thought of a Paladin and an undead questing side-by-side.
Load up Windows XP Service Pack 12 Security Pack 419... No wait I'm sorry that doesn't even have contemporary features... Load Vista Beta on it and get back to us!
-Typed on a year 2000 G4 running 10.4.7
I think you'll find that Frontline episode completely fascinating. It lead me to believe that all the buzz surrounding "the ascent of megasuperpower China" is a straw horse and completely untenable in the long run.
I regularly play WoW on a Sawtooth G4 with a dual 1.2 Ghz upgrade and AGP 2x Radeon 9000... Fail to see how a new iMac with Core Duo and X1600 PCIE is "not even WoW friendly"
Try doing the opposite?
I will be eternally impressed with Blizzard/Legendary if they work in an Orc/Human sex scene.
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