It looks the way I thought (and hoped) WCIII would look. The lighting is awesome. Warcraft compared to Sacrifice looks like Heavy Metal compared to something like Messiah. The figures look like rough sketches - the arm joints are ugly, the mapping isn't smooth... I'm disappointed.
...even casual users will be able to pirate games.
This prospect scares the living hell out of developers, and rightfully so. Witness the demise of the Sega Dreamcast, which occurred a surprisingly short time after someone figured out how to boot CD-R's on the console.
Unrelated. Think of, say, the mod chip for PSX. Sega had other problems.
Those are all wonderful points, but they all have the same flaw. While you may not allow Microsoft to control everything in your house, 90% of the world is running Windows, and MS is trying pretty hard to get them all to buy an X-Box. The problem is not that you're not going to buy all their products, it's that everyone else is. That's why it's important.
While I agree that that was a simplistic way of looking at it, I hardly think the punishment factor even remotely comes into play any more. Look at what it's done to drug use among the public.
The reviwerer already had WindowsXP installed and working, so why does he need this? For the pure geez-whiz factor of I'm running this linux stuff?
Maybe so he could put it on his laptop and his desktop system. Maybe so if he decides to throw in some new hardware, he doesn't have to phone anybody for permission. Maybe so he can upgrade when and if he wants, not when it's decided for him in a year and a half. Maybe he wants a faster, more secure system. Gee whiz, he's running Linux. Why not?
A while ago, Pizza hut did a big campaign where they had a billboard with _ _ _ _ _ Hut. Somebody climbed up and spraypainted PORNO in there. That was cool. I'd probably eat at a place called Porno Hut. Reminds me of Fellatio Barn.
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It looks the way I thought (and hoped) WCIII would look. The lighting is awesome. Warcraft compared to Sacrifice looks like Heavy Metal compared to something like Messiah. The figures look like rough sketches - the arm joints are ugly, the mapping isn't smooth... I'm disappointed.
If I had to make an (almost) completely uneducated guess, I'd put it next after WoW. 2004 at the earliest, I'd imagine.
...and he had to watch the finals on CBC.
s/had/got/;
They played the World Cup on the radio in Bangor? Uh huh... I'm sure they had lots of listeners.
How does that deal with the "we reserve the right to change the terms of the EULA, without notification, at ANY TIME" problem?
hint:-shift the letters in HAL one down
GZK?
Lucky you. I used to think that was decent until I moved to New York and got cable here - 10Mbps for ~ $25 per month. :-)
Modifying a console entails a significant amount of risk, money and effort.
Gimme a break. You can get it done on a street corner for 20 bucks cash. I don't know a single person with a Playstation who hasn't gotten a mod chip.
...even casual users will be able to pirate games.
This prospect scares the living hell out of developers, and rightfully so. Witness the demise of the Sega Dreamcast, which occurred a surprisingly short time after someone figured out how to boot CD-R's on the console.
Unrelated. Think of, say, the mod chip for PSX. Sega had other problems.
Those are all wonderful points, but they all have the same flaw. While you may not allow Microsoft to control everything in your house, 90% of the world is running Windows, and MS is trying pretty hard to get them all to buy an X-Box. The problem is not that you're not going to buy all their products, it's that everyone else is. That's why it's important.
While I agree that that was a simplistic way of looking at it, I hardly think the punishment factor even remotely comes into play any more. Look at what it's done to drug use among the public.
You bastard. I clicked that. Worse than a goatse.cx link.
It's hear hear.
http://www.google.com/search?q=echelon
Searched the web for echelon. Results 1 - 10 of about 400,000. Search took 0.05 seconds.
That help?
Not any more. You bombed four of them, remember?
Like that?
Sounds good! You could make a little money and get a larger penis at the same time as cancelling your account!
You've never been in the mob, have you?
What if they're being molested?
Put in an alt="whatever@here.com" tag - it'll get read.
The reviwerer already had WindowsXP installed and working, so why does he need this? For the pure geez-whiz factor of I'm running this linux stuff?
Maybe so he could put it on his laptop and his desktop system. Maybe so if he decides to throw in some new hardware, he doesn't have to phone anybody for permission. Maybe so he can upgrade when and if he wants, not when it's decided for him in a year and a half. Maybe he wants a faster, more secure system. Gee whiz, he's running Linux. Why not?
It isn't any different. That was a bad thing. That's not what we want.
Click it anyway. That'll bump up their ranking on Google, and then Scientology has to pay more!
A while ago, Pizza hut did a big campaign where they had a billboard with _ _ _ _ _ Hut. Somebody climbed up and spraypainted PORNO in there. That was cool. I'd probably eat at a place called Porno Hut. Reminds me of Fellatio Barn.
Sounds like either a standby-type button (like a home stereo), or changing processor actions so you can have variable fan speeds or something.