I hope that tons of XP PCs get shut off all at once so that it will create a very big outcry. Then there would be no time more ripe for all the Linux evangelists to preach loudly and gain converts.
"as if millions of Bonzi Buddies suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced"
Oh no it's better when chunks of concrete fly upward like a bouncing betty landmine. To date, I have lost 1 windshield(thankfully no body damage) and 1 wheel&tire(divot) from highway concrete wanting to leave Earth.
The sex offender label is the new pink triangle armband. In this case it was a nice way for the otherwise geeky and uneventful news report to get attention.
Try searching for ONE group that might tickle your fancy. Any term you put in, no matter how obscure, will get you THOUSANDS of hits.
There is no easy search for "Mazda RX-7". Maybe you're looking for a group specific to Mazda RX-7 owners. You'll get thousands of results regardless. There's also a useless 'region' field in groups that often is filled with bogus or wrong information. Give me quoted(strict) search string availability, please.
A robust search engine for myspace will be a lot of work. If a college kid can do it, they may have themselves a new job.
2. A tv network based on video games(G4). It failed.
3. A sitcom with animated characters from fictional video games(game over). It failed.
The last good video game coverage I saw in mainstream TV were episodes of "That's Incredible!" and "Starcade". That was over 20 years ago. That time has not come back.
With all the spammer accounts on there(offering their friending), that has already been done. There are thousands of myspace users leaving comments on profiles saying "hey, holla back!" not realizing they are talking to a nonexistant.
I remember BYTE magazine so laden with ads you really had to hunt hard in the several hundred pages for the actual content. It was worse than Computer Shopper.
You have got to be kidding me. I was astounded that the ancient, pain-in-the-ass file picker was still being used in XP. They STILL haven't updated it to the modern world?
Do they assume only a small # of users install fonts or something?
Is there a vastly superior shareware alternative to swap in/out fonts? Something with, I dunno, a modern file picker?
I don't mind captchas at all. In fact, myspace is in DIRE need of captchas in several places on their site to stop(or at least slow down) spammers.
But you want to know horrible anti-spam measures? look no further than slashdot itself. The numerous ways of obfuscating email addresses require so much effort to deciper it that I don't want to bother mailing them. C'mon backwards text? If it takes longer to decipher it than it is to email a quick question/reply, forget it.
I really do hope they bundle some games with it. I can't even remember the last time I saw a console & game bundle. When did game consoles generally phase out pack-ins?
Nintendo could easily bundle some classic NES & whatever else older console games. They would then be able to demonstrate their virtual console thingy and parents wouldn't feel presured to buy a new game off the bat. Thus, the incentive to buy it goes up.
Hopefully there will be a freebie game or 2 that makes full use of the wiimote.
C'mon Nintendo, pack in a game or three. They don't have to be huge AAA titles to be packed, but something to get them started.
Google would have to do a lot of infrastructure work to match YouTube's.
Mind you, youtube's search & subscription functions are NOT perfect.
For example, I have a subscription to the keyword "1980s" for any sort of 1980s nostalgia(music, tv shows,etc). If I do a serach of the latest videos that contain that, I often get hits that have nothing to do with the 80s, nor anything showing up for '1980s' in keywords. Yes, I get stupid crap videos from teenagers that should be friends only/private. But I don't mind.
Youtube has a threaded comment system, which is fun to use for an interesting video or 3. I upload Hungarian-language commercials, and people translate it for me in the comments. Lots of Hungarian speakers on youtube.
google video, while nice and crisp doesn't have the nice user experience of browsing videos. I don't like the layout of the new youtube player(ie where they place the text, etc), but it works.
If the Wii was that price(or even $150) at Christmas time, it would make a killing in sales. Heck, it would have appeal to parents after the sticker shock of the 360 or what the PS3 would be. While the Wii may have less appeal to tweeners, parents would probably get it for their kids due to the lower price.
So the throne of video gaming for this generation would not be dictated by polygon count,etc, but to the lowest bidder, huh?
Of course, anything can happen. Still speculation since we only have 1 of the 3 consoles in the race out.
I found all but 3 issues in a dusty old used bookstore.
The mag was around 1982-1983 before the video game crash. They are a delight to read. Very in-depth reporting of home console games, hardware, and even arcade games. Computer games were lightly covered.
The best mag I ever collected.
The article only seems to cover a fraction of the video game mags that were out there.
1. Racing games: Most racing games seem to have the default AI where computer opponents drive PERFECTLY. They never make an accident. They take turns perfectly. They never drift. They drive as if they were almost bored(that is, if they had feelings). IIRC Gran Turismo 4 if you just leave your car standing in the middle of the road, they don't go around you. They plow right through. I only rarely saw AI cars in GT4 take a turn badly and wipe out in the grass.
2. GTA and True Crime: NYC
a. Cops are lemmings. They have an AI route of beelining for you. You can have some fun with this, like gaining ground, or making them drive off a cliff. Sadly, they don't know what to do in case of a car accident. I witnessed a cop car flip over, so the cop got out and stood along side it. Car becomes car-b-q and he perishes. i also once drove for 3 miles with a cop walking ON my car like it was nothing.
b. Triads in GT3 will attack you on sight(later in the game). They will do this in front of a cop. The cops look the other way. You do it, and suddenly you are in trouble.
c. Civilians. I think you can tweak the AI of the pedestrians in the PC version of the GTA games. Sadly, if there is gunfire and they are in a car, they will suddenly go into Carmageddon mode. This is 100 times worse in True Crime since a hit & run takes off half your health. makes gunfights REAL hard in a congested area.
d. "homies" in GTA: San Andreas. See c. Your 'homies' are almost magnetized to be in front of an about-to-be-speeding car and thus you can lose 3-4 of your brothers in arms right when the gang battles get started. You have to be your own Rambo.
Witht that being said, the "perp" AI in True Crime: NYC is actually a bit better. I've had perps hide(crouch) behind cars on occasion, and during a melee this one guy kept blocking over and over(later in the game). Slightly better AI than the one time I saw an ambulance try to drive through a house in SA. In True Crime, peds will back up & go forward several times in their car to get the heck out of harm's way.
I think Blue Security should name their headquarters "Zion city". They seem to be being attacked by numerous Agent Smiths(PharmaMasters?) and their associated tendril robots.
I'm more partial to the early 80s Canadian efforts back in the new wave days. CFNY in Toronto(now gone) played them all non-stop, as well as lots of unsigned bands. To drop some names:
Martha and the Muffins Rough Trade Pointed Sticks(never had a legit album release) BB Gabor(Canadian? dunno) Images in Vogue
Considering the average pr0n title costs a lot less to make than say, King Kong, there is not so much financial risk(er, losses) involved.
So instead of the pr0n industry helping sway one side of widespread video adoption, it will now walk into the office like it's an expert to do some research.
In the article's header it mentioned Lightspeed's mom working in the same place. Seymour Butts' mother also works for the same pr0n company Seymour is in charge of. Heck, a reality show was made about it(Family Business)
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I hope that tons of XP PCs get shut off all at once so that it will create a very big outcry. Then there would be no time more ripe for all the Linux evangelists to preach loudly and gain converts.
"as if millions of Bonzi Buddies suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced"
chunks of concrete falling off and roads
Oh no it's better when chunks of concrete fly upward like a bouncing betty landmine. To date, I have lost 1 windshield(thankfully no body damage) and 1 wheel&tire(divot) from highway concrete wanting to leave Earth.
The sex offender label is the new pink triangle armband. In this case it was a nice way for the otherwise geeky and uneventful news report to get attention.
Try searching for ONE group that might tickle your fancy. Any term you put in, no matter how obscure, will get you THOUSANDS of hits.
There is no easy search for "Mazda RX-7". Maybe you're looking for a group specific to Mazda RX-7 owners. You'll get thousands of results regardless. There's also a useless 'region' field in groups that often is filled with bogus or wrong information. Give me quoted(strict) search string availability, please.
A robust search engine for myspace will be a lot of work. If a college kid can do it, they may have themselves a new job.
Hmm
1. movies based off of Video games. They failed
2. A tv network based on video games(G4). It failed.
3. A sitcom with animated characters from fictional video games(game over). It failed.
The last good video game coverage I saw in mainstream TV were episodes of "That's Incredible!" and "Starcade". That was over 20 years ago. That time has not come back.
Sure, for all those rural Africans using broadband.
Well how else are they going to tally up all that money from the deceased despot from Nigeria?
With all the spammer accounts on there(offering their friending), that has already been done. There are thousands of myspace users leaving comments on profiles saying "hey, holla back!" not realizing they are talking to a nonexistant.
I remember BYTE magazine so laden with ads you really had to hunt hard in the several hundred pages for the actual content. It was worse than Computer Shopper.
You have got to be kidding me. I was astounded that the ancient, pain-in-the-ass file picker was still being used in XP. They STILL haven't updated it to the modern world?
Do they assume only a small # of users install fonts or something?
Is there a vastly superior shareware alternative to swap in/out fonts? Something with, I dunno, a modern file picker?
"Hotbot dot yahoo!"
I don't mind captchas at all. In fact, myspace is in DIRE need of captchas in several places on their site to stop(or at least slow down) spammers.
But you want to know horrible anti-spam measures? look no further than slashdot itself. The numerous ways of obfuscating email addresses require so much effort to deciper it that I don't want to bother mailing them. C'mon backwards text? If it takes longer to decipher it than it is to email a quick question/reply, forget it.
I really do hope they bundle some games with it. I can't even remember the last time I saw a console & game bundle. When did game consoles generally phase out pack-ins?
Nintendo could easily bundle some classic NES & whatever else older console games. They would then be able to demonstrate their virtual console thingy and parents wouldn't feel presured to buy a new game off the bat. Thus, the incentive to buy it goes up.
Hopefully there will be a freebie game or 2 that makes full use of the wiimote.
C'mon Nintendo, pack in a game or three. They don't have to be huge AAA titles to be packed, but something to get them started.
I predict that the PS4 will be twice as powerful, have 6 times the storage capacity, and so pricey only the 5 richest kings in Europe could afford it.
Google would have to do a lot of infrastructure work to match YouTube's.
Mind you, youtube's search & subscription functions are NOT perfect.
For example, I have a subscription to the keyword "1980s" for any sort of 1980s nostalgia(music, tv shows,etc). If I do a serach of the latest videos that contain that, I often get hits that have nothing to do with the 80s, nor anything showing up for '1980s' in keywords. Yes, I get stupid crap videos from teenagers that should be friends only/private. But I don't mind.
Youtube has a threaded comment system, which is fun to use for an interesting video or 3. I upload Hungarian-language commercials, and people translate it for me in the comments. Lots of Hungarian speakers on youtube.
google video, while nice and crisp doesn't have the nice user experience of browsing videos. I don't like the layout of the new youtube player(ie where they place the text, etc), but it works.
If the Wii was that price(or even $150) at Christmas time, it would make a killing in sales. Heck, it would have appeal to parents after the sticker shock of the 360 or what the PS3 would be. While the Wii may have less appeal to tweeners, parents would probably get it for their kids due to the lower price.
So the throne of video gaming for this generation would not be dictated by polygon count,etc, but to the lowest bidder, huh?
Of course, anything can happen. Still speculation since we only have 1 of the 3 consoles in the race out.
I found all but 3 issues in a dusty old used bookstore.
The mag was around 1982-1983 before the video game crash. They are a delight to read. Very in-depth reporting of home console games, hardware, and even arcade games. Computer games were lightly covered.
The best mag I ever collected.
The article only seems to cover a fraction of the video game mags that were out there.
1. Racing games: Most racing games seem to have the default AI where computer opponents drive PERFECTLY. They never make an accident. They take turns perfectly. They never drift. They drive as if they were almost bored(that is, if they had feelings). IIRC Gran Turismo 4 if you just leave your car standing in the middle of the road, they don't go around you. They plow right through. I only rarely saw AI cars in GT4 take a turn badly and wipe out in the grass.
2. GTA and True Crime: NYC
a. Cops are lemmings. They have an AI route of beelining for you. You can have some fun with this, like gaining ground, or making them drive off a cliff. Sadly, they don't know what to do in case of a car accident. I witnessed a cop car flip over, so the cop got out and stood along side it. Car becomes car-b-q and he perishes. i also once drove for 3 miles with a cop walking ON my car like it was nothing.
b. Triads in GT3 will attack you on sight(later in the game). They will do this in front of a cop. The cops look the other way. You do it, and suddenly you are in trouble.
c. Civilians. I think you can tweak the AI of the pedestrians in the PC version of the GTA games. Sadly, if there is gunfire and they are in a car, they will suddenly go into Carmageddon mode. This is 100 times worse in True Crime since a hit & run takes off half your health. makes gunfights REAL hard in a congested area.
d. "homies" in GTA: San Andreas. See c. Your 'homies' are almost magnetized to be in front of an about-to-be-speeding car and thus you can lose 3-4 of your brothers in arms right when the gang battles get started. You have to be your own Rambo.
Witht that being said, the "perp" AI in True Crime: NYC is actually a bit better. I've had perps hide(crouch) behind cars on occasion, and during a melee this one guy kept blocking over and over(later in the game). Slightly better AI than the one time I saw an ambulance try to drive through a house in SA. In True Crime, peds will back up & go forward several times in their car to get the heck out of harm's way.
1)Upset gamers throwing it against the wall
Do the PS3 and XBox360 controllers have some kind of anti-throwing technology that prevents the same thing from happening to them?
Yes, the high prices.
I think Blue Security should name their headquarters "Zion city". They seem to be being attacked by numerous Agent Smiths(PharmaMasters?) and their associated tendril robots.
It takes a maniac to catch a maniac.
I'm more partial to the early 80s Canadian efforts back in the new wave days. CFNY in Toronto(now gone) played them all non-stop, as well as lots of unsigned bands. To drop some names:
Martha and the Muffins
Rough Trade
Pointed Sticks(never had a legit album release)
BB Gabor(Canadian? dunno)
Images in Vogue
Yay for Toronto's new wave scene.
Considering the average pr0n title costs a lot less to make than say, King Kong, there is not so much financial risk(er, losses) involved.
So instead of the pr0n industry helping sway one side of widespread video adoption, it will now walk into the office like it's an expert to do some research.
I guess I should not be in the least bit surprised an announcement regarding video gaming and television was signed to a cable station that is NOT G4.
Yes, G4 is going to be just Spike 2 in a few months. Probabably a few months to a year until all video game programming is wiped out.
http://synthesizer-pa.tel/
Now I just need to find a way to get an alarm system hooked up to it.
In the article's header it mentioned Lightspeed's mom working in the same place. Seymour Butts' mother also works for the same pr0n company Seymour is in charge of. Heck, a reality show was made about it(Family Business)