"People who prefer MM/DD/YYYY are also the sort of people that prefer the Imperial System to the Metric System."
Actually, we're just people who say "May 4th" instead of "The 4th of May". That's why that 'system' is commonly used. It's confusing to hear "May 4th" and then see "04-05".
Not that it's that big of deal, people can get used to any format. Just saying that it's not some strange development that people spontaneously decided to choose. Go to other languages such as Spanish, and they actually do say "4th of May". So it's not so surprising that they would write 04-05. Now think about the various languages used in Europe and how it would have grown that way.
Lighten up, we're not all crazy. Just from different environments.
The cost of it being a PDA is it isn't much of a game library, at least not compared to GC or GBA. You end up spending more money too. You could buy a GBA, GC, and a cheap-o Palm for $300. There, you got your PDA, and 2 great game machines with a HUGE library of games.
Try www.goodbrush.com. Chances are, you've seen his work. Off the top of my head, I know he's done matte paintings for Forrest Gump and Final Fantasy.
Ah but does the site qualify as art itself? Well one would have to fudge the definition a bit. His opening page is one of his paintings. That changes every so often. Very interesting to see. No 'welcome to Craig Mullins site', no 'click here to enter!', just a painting.
Not sure if this is quite what the submitter was after, but I'm sure people will find the site interesting.
So does this just make overclocking easier, or does it turn on other features? I ask because the 'professional' cards (i.e. the kind use 3D artists would benefit from) have acellerated wireframe drawing and the like. Is that the case here too, or is it just a few extra FPS in Quake?
You can always turn on Windows IIS or install Apache. Then, install PHP. Then write some code to count the statistics you need. Once you're finished, you can give it away to the community, and it'll run on anything that can execute PHP!
Be plentiful with power outlets. My office has a workbench with a whole lotta plugs right along the surface of the table. Be mindful of wall-warts (Power supplies with huge ass bricks) as well.
" Debates don't usually involve people getting on soapboxes and claiming personal injury and making false accusations. "
Personaly injury? I never said anything about being injured. I said you had no respect for my profession. When you wanted to know how, I explained it to you, and you called me a sack of... spuds. Funny how things get twisted when you spend all your time trying to blame others for your own mistakes.
False accusations? Um, no. Accusations, false or otherwise, generally don't end in a question mark. You did not even answer my question. Instead, you tried to use it to deflect attention towards my character. There was plenty of debate and discussion to be had here, but you simply spent all your time trying to tell me what a jerk I am.
"This is you insulting me. I'm not going to be drawn."
Yeah yeah. I'm not going to be drawn, but I'll call you names and avoid the real topic of conversation.
" The only statement I'm making and willing to discuss is that Photoshop isn't free. Disagree all you want. That's really not something worth debating, in my opinion."
Well I guess that's true. You wouldn't even answer my question.
"There are two idiots (now three) saying very stupid things. Leave it alone. You are no less guilty than I am, despite what you may think now. "
Oh I happily agree with you that I was not the model citizen here. However, you desperately need to take your own advice. None of this would have started if you had taken the own topic you brought up seriously. I may be guilty, but I am nowhere near as guilty as you. I'm not accepting the fault for your own behaviour that you're not even willing to correct.
You'll pardon me for not having a lot of sympathy for you. It's a lot easier to have a civil discussion with somebody who can say "Oops, I blew it there. I can see why he responded the way he did" rather than "well you sound like you're the real asshole when I exaggerate."
"Yeah, but they'll be providing in a world where Mac OS X runs on Intel PCs and Microsoft will have rebuilt Windows to run over the Linux kernel, because Windows XP is based upon DOS. "
Shouldn't Cringely have his own avatar by now? Maybe a picture of his ass with an idea lightbulb right above it?
"The plan is missing a key component: incentive for the providers to do such a ridiculous, money-losing thing."
I still don't quite get what he's after here (sorry, I'm only on coffee #1). He mentions 0 maintenance on the network, but they give the cards away... CUSTOM cards.. argh.
I'm sorry for being dumb here, but what problem is he trying to solve? Is he trying to get free hotspots to attract more users? Is he trying to get free hotspots to make money? Is he trying to change the revenue model? In any of these cases, I couldn't find how any of these cases meant mo money.
Again, sorry if I'm just being dumb today. I'm fatigued, but frankly I've always found Cringely hard to read.
I've heard a lot of mumbling about how SCO doesn't have any evidence that the code exists, blah blah blah. Just want to remind you all that the OSS Community would be VERY quick to remove it if it were found. That means if SCO wins, suddenly everybody will have an updated distro, they won't be able to go after anybody for money.
If they can convince Google that they are in danger, I'd be worried that SCO showed them something that Google would be under NDA to discuss.
"Pong. Move paddle left, or right, try to line up paddle with moving ball coming towards it. Can't possibly get simpler then that, can it? lol. "
Actually, yes it can. I had a game for my old Vic-20 that only had one button to play. There was an array of missiles at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the space bar fired them sequentially. [Press]- Missile 1 goes up. [Press]- Missile 2 goes up. [Press]- Missile 3 goes up. There is some traffic at the top of the screen. I think it was enemy airplanes, or aliens, or something like that. The goal was to time the missile launches so they'd collide with the moving elements at the top of the screen.
Okay, not the most enthralling game ever, but it was interesting.;)
"On the other hand, simplification doesn't always lead to a more fun game, either. Ion Storm took Deux Ex, a game greatly praised by gamers, got rid of all the complex parts and made Invisible War. "
Well, hold on. The game was a sequel, right? *anything* missing from the first game would be cause for bitching. In other words, if Invisible War were developed by a different company, and not as a sequel, the simplification could have been just fine. (Note: Never played the game so I don't know if it's a good game on it's own. Just saying that the simplification wasn't necessarily what made people upset...)
Ballblazers. Useta play it on the old Atari 800xl. (I assume there was a C64 version as well..) I should mention, though, that the real fun in the game came from playing it multiplayer.
So what was it about? Sorta like a cross between T-Mek and air hockey. Each player had a vechicle they drove around a map that wasn't much different than a chess board. There were goals on either end that moved from left to right. Down/Up = back and forth, left/right = strafe left/right. The button was used to fire the ball. The vehicles automatically faced the right direction.
Fun, and very simple game. You catch the ball and go heading towards the goal. When you press the button, the ball is flung in the direction you are aiming. There's no rotation in the game, so it just sent it down the z-axis of the board. The other guy could catch the ball. If he did, he could fire it towards your goal. Etc.
It's the type of game you could hack together in Basic in an evening, but man I enjoyed the heck out of it.
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"having "inspired" art direction would seem out of place regardless of the past Doom games."
You don't like the art in Doom 3?!
"People who prefer MM/DD/YYYY are also the sort of people that prefer the Imperial System to the Metric System."
Actually, we're just people who say "May 4th" instead of "The 4th of May". That's why that 'system' is commonly used. It's confusing to hear "May 4th" and then see "04-05".
Not that it's that big of deal, people can get used to any format. Just saying that it's not some strange development that people spontaneously decided to choose. Go to other languages such as Spanish, and they actually do say "4th of May". So it's not so surprising that they would write 04-05. Now think about the various languages used in Europe and how it would have grown that way.
Lighten up, we're not all crazy. Just from different environments.
Makes you wonder what the next Slashdot fad will be when all this LED business dies down. Apartments entirely heated by a beowulf cluster of Athlons?
I wanna get all five of them and build DEVASTATOR.
"What's the big deal anyway? It's just a game."
We want to see the bar for graphic excellence raised.
"I'm pretty sure a secretary PC can be replaced now with little interruption."
That won't last long unless Open Office is up to snuff.
The cost of it being a PDA is it isn't much of a game library, at least not compared to GC or GBA. You end up spending more money too. You could buy a GBA, GC, and a cheap-o Palm for $300. There, you got your PDA, and 2 great game machines with a HUGE library of games.
Try www.goodbrush.com. Chances are, you've seen his work. Off the top of my head, I know he's done matte paintings for Forrest Gump and Final Fantasy.
Ah but does the site qualify as art itself? Well one would have to fudge the definition a bit. His opening page is one of his paintings. That changes every so often. Very interesting to see. No 'welcome to Craig Mullins site', no 'click here to enter!', just a painting.
Not sure if this is quite what the submitter was after, but I'm sure people will find the site interesting.
So does this just make overclocking easier, or does it turn on other features? I ask because the 'professional' cards (i.e. the kind use 3D artists would benefit from) have acellerated wireframe drawing and the like. Is that the case here too, or is it just a few extra FPS in Quake?
You can always turn on Windows IIS or install Apache. Then, install PHP. Then write some code to count the statistics you need. Once you're finished, you can give it away to the community, and it'll run on anything that can execute PHP!
When asked how many brothers and sisters he has, his response was "I am third of five."
"I'd like to see a bewolf cluster of...hims."
Your wish is my command.
Be plentiful with power outlets. My office has a workbench with a whole lotta plugs right along the surface of the table. Be mindful of wall-warts (Power supplies with huge ass bricks) as well.
" Debates don't usually involve people getting on soapboxes and claiming personal injury and making false accusations. "
... spuds. Funny how things get twisted when you spend all your time trying to blame others for your own mistakes.
Personaly injury? I never said anything about being injured. I said you had no respect for my profession. When you wanted to know how, I explained it to you, and you called me a sack of
False accusations? Um, no. Accusations, false or otherwise, generally don't end in a question mark. You did not even answer my question. Instead, you tried to use it to deflect attention towards my character. There was plenty of debate and discussion to be had here, but you simply spent all your time trying to tell me what a jerk I am.
"This is you insulting me. I'm not going to be drawn."
Yeah yeah. I'm not going to be drawn, but I'll call you names and avoid the real topic of conversation.
" The only statement I'm making and willing to discuss is that Photoshop isn't free. Disagree all you want. That's really not something worth debating, in my opinion."
Well I guess that's true. You wouldn't even answer my question.
"There are two idiots (now three) saying very stupid things. Leave it alone. You are no less guilty than I am, despite what you may think now. "
Oh I happily agree with you that I was not the model citizen here. However, you desperately need to take your own advice. None of this would have started if you had taken the own topic you brought up seriously. I may be guilty, but I am nowhere near as guilty as you. I'm not accepting the fault for your own behaviour that you're not even willing to correct.
You'll pardon me for not having a lot of sympathy for you. It's a lot easier to have a civil discussion with somebody who can say "Oops, I blew it there. I can see why he responded the way he did" rather than "well you sound like you're the real asshole when I exaggerate."
"Yeah, but they'll be providing in a world where Mac OS X runs on Intel PCs and Microsoft will have rebuilt Windows to run over the Linux kernel, because Windows XP is based upon DOS. "
Shouldn't Cringely have his own avatar by now? Maybe a picture of his ass with an idea lightbulb right above it?
"The plan is missing a key component: incentive for the providers to do such a ridiculous, money-losing thing."
I still don't quite get what he's after here (sorry, I'm only on coffee #1). He mentions 0 maintenance on the network, but they give the cards away... CUSTOM cards.. argh.
I'm sorry for being dumb here, but what problem is he trying to solve? Is he trying to get free hotspots to attract more users? Is he trying to get free hotspots to make money? Is he trying to change the revenue model? In any of these cases, I couldn't find how any of these cases meant mo money.
Again, sorry if I'm just being dumb today. I'm fatigued, but frankly I've always found Cringely hard to read.
... be concerned. Be very concerned.
I've heard a lot of mumbling about how SCO doesn't have any evidence that the code exists, blah blah blah. Just want to remind you all that the OSS Community would be VERY quick to remove it if it were found. That means if SCO wins, suddenly everybody will have an updated distro, they won't be able to go after anybody for money.
If they can convince Google that they are in danger, I'd be worried that SCO showed them something that Google would be under NDA to discuss.
All I'm urging is caution.
"... and not a single one in New York, one of the largest cities in the US."
Really? I guess technically you're right, there was more than a single ad.
"How come I haven't heard of it? "
You've never heard of the butterfly? It's only rivaled by Mentos!
"Pong. Move paddle left, or right, try to line up paddle with moving ball coming towards it. Can't possibly get simpler then that, can it? lol. "
;)
Actually, yes it can. I had a game for my old Vic-20 that only had one button to play. There was an array of missiles at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the space bar fired them sequentially. [Press]- Missile 1 goes up. [Press]- Missile 2 goes up. [Press]- Missile 3 goes up. There is some traffic at the top of the screen. I think it was enemy airplanes, or aliens, or something like that. The goal was to time the missile launches so they'd collide with the moving elements at the top of the screen.
Okay, not the most enthralling game ever, but it was interesting.
"On the other hand, simplification doesn't always lead to a more fun game, either. Ion Storm took Deux Ex, a game greatly praised by gamers, got rid of all the complex parts and made Invisible War. "
Well, hold on. The game was a sequel, right? *anything* missing from the first game would be cause for bitching. In other words, if Invisible War were developed by a different company, and not as a sequel, the simplification could have been just fine. (Note: Never played the game so I don't know if it's a good game on it's own. Just saying that the simplification wasn't necessarily what made people upset...)
"Anyone else think of a good one button game?"
Ballblazers. Useta play it on the old Atari 800xl. (I assume there was a C64 version as well..) I should mention, though, that the real fun in the game came from playing it multiplayer.
So what was it about? Sorta like a cross between T-Mek and air hockey. Each player had a vechicle they drove around a map that wasn't much different than a chess board. There were goals on either end that moved from left to right. Down/Up = back and forth, left/right = strafe left/right. The button was used to fire the ball. The vehicles automatically faced the right direction.
Fun, and very simple game. You catch the ball and go heading towards the goal. When you press the button, the ball is flung in the direction you are aiming. There's no rotation in the game, so it just sent it down the z-axis of the board. The other guy could catch the ball. If he did, he could fire it towards your goal. Etc.
It's the type of game you could hack together in Basic in an evening, but man I enjoyed the heck out of it.
"The best GameCube games would only use the analog stick and the A button. "
This isn't funny, it's insightful. That's exactly why the controller was designed that way.
Rebuttal: Gameboy Advance + GameCube.
"This is just plain too expensive. Fancy graphics aside, who wants to pay $200+USD for a portable console?"
Don't forget that the price will go down.