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Dad, the textures suck!
No, son, it is supposed to look that way. Big blank surfaces rendered in at least 1600x1200 32 bit colors on a GF4. Note 2ghz P4 reguired.
Just look at how many shades of grey(heh) and blue they have crammed into this game.
Yes, but it have to be shorter to make it work.
Something in the way "I'll try not to make a dead-gunman review this time"
I'd say 2 works max. maybe 3 if it doesn't take too long time to say or type.
I love Futurama but I still think that a good Simpsons ep can beat a good Futurama EP.
I must say that the recent "Weekend at Burnsie's" where Homer where high most of the time or "Blame it on Lisa(rio ep)", shows that The Simpsons still can cut it.
But of course nothing beats time before the got a heavy dose of the PC junk, that sure did ruinda season or two. And I'd like to see Conan O'Brien back on the team, but I guess that is very unlikely.
Still Futurama are a fresh breath of air and I must say that I enjoyed the latest ep of Futurama on Star Trek. Had a lot of what we like, references to things outside the show that is only funny for thow "who knows".
I think that one of the great things about The Simsons have always been that there was a lot of "inside" jokes/references that added a lot of value for hardcore fans and still providing entertainent for those not "in the loop". It has always shown itself when looking at many people watching the show together, some would crack up while other just didn't get it and there was still plenty of laughs for all to share.
I read some game reviews before I decide if I want to buy a game, and download a demo, if available.
But as in many other cases, it's a question how important the information of the site is to me. And game reviews are not that important to me so I would choose to be without the information. It would be the same for many other sites.
In the "old" days before the internet, one would have to rely on magazines to provide you with information, but today you just consult the web. So I can see(with the failing income of banner ads) why sites need to have another source of income to survive. I guess that some people will sign up for it if the information the site offers means a lot to them which is fine. I just hope they don't expect that they can maintain the same number of visitors that they are used to and that it has been included in their calculations.
Another topic is you accounts, I have enough accounts as it is and my guess is that if I would subscribe to another one, I would most likely forget one, I don't need another password.:) This is, sadly, where Microsoft's Passport comes in. If you just think of the concept that you can have one login for multiple sites, it's a great idea. It could work well for micropayments etc. But then there is just the thing that I don't like the current passport solution from Microsoft. Call it biased, M$ hater, whatever. In my opinion, a true passport system should work the other way around than the current solution today. The standardization here is done at the wrong level, unless you want to rule the market.:) A passport system could be provided from a number of companies which services and serveres were verified and on a "positive" list. The standardization should be at the interface between the website and "passport" servers where the user could be signed up to the service he/she chooses and information and payments etc, would work from any of them.
The problem is that you need a centralized company that verifies the "passport" companies as well as the websites.
The whole thing would not be impossible to do and it could do the web a lot of good, including sites like Gamespot where my guess is that more people would pay for the reviews if they didn't have to sign up for yet another service but could choose to buy the article they wanted to read.
So lets get started and form a council that can define the standards for this.:)
Ah yes:) Bart: [German accent] Hey mouse...say cheese.
[snaps picture; an Itchy robot collapses]
With a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero.
[the family snaps more photos]
[Homer emerges from a pile of robots] Homer: Die, bad robots, die! [laughs] With a dry, cool wit like that, I
could be an action hero.
-- Yeah, real dry, "Itchy and Scratchy Land"
I have a sx-6000 controller I run as RAID-5 and it seems to work for me, except that I got that large drive problem too. Anyway, I selected "Other"(instead of Linux) in the controller setup and Redhat found it as a I2O device, Mandrake however did not in the 8.1 release.
I like the idea, but the screen looks awful, I can't imagine it's better to read black letters on green background. Maybe it's again time to check the ISO 9241 book regarding standards for ergonomic design of workstations, etc From all these years of creating computers, we should have learned a thing or two and I can't image that black on green is it.:) It is so important to the sucess of a product like that(and the whole concept) that reading a book doesn't put more of a strain on you eyes than a normal book. Because otherwise I'd stick to normal books no matter how many virtual books I can carry in my luggage.
Now let's get back to the good old yellow text on a blue background.
I have a Dell Latitude CPx with a 600mhz P3, but it still sucks because of the low bus speed at 33mhz.
Or at least I has been told that the bus runs at 33mhz, haven't checked the specs myself but anyway, it is really. oh well
So I guess I am a devil loving communist. hmm.
Amazing what can happen to you when you download a ISO image of FreeBSD. I expected a lot of thing, a stable server, new gadets optimized disk drivers. But it seems that I got a little more than I bargained for.
Remeber the game with the anti "boss-key" that instead of the boss key, came up with a message saying something like "we think your boss should know you are playing games" and then played a very annoying sound on you speaker.
I can't remeber which game it was(King's quest?) but I think it was sierra online. hmm
I guess that he could have saved a lot of bandwidth by not writing the article and not getting linked to by slashdot. There goes all his efforts to save bandwidth down the drain. All those hours for nothing.:)
Well, the latest wave of junk got me started on a banner system for the right stuff. Have just begun working on it. Mostly for fun I must admit. (says the guy who thinks it's more fun to play with PHP than watching TV).
Anyway isn't it the problem with most UNIX or open source stuff, if't it's not Linux, people will never hear of it in news etc. because "normal" people wouldn't understand. And the nature of it all with little or no money involved, advertising is not something you do.
Most would think, why should we, it's a great product, we don't need it. But haven't we seen poor products win over good because of proper advertising. I mean when you say wordprocessing, everyone with a pc(/. crowd excluded) would think of "Microsoft Word" etc.
oh and, please go easy on me, it is just all in good fun.:)
I loved playing M.U.L.E., maybe because it was the first time I tried a 4 player game on ye olde C64. I remember playing the game even after I got myself a Amiga, and after selling it as well.
Anyway for those not knowing M.U.L.E. take a look here. Review included.
So this is like elevators using Fuzzy logic?.
If you everyday work is in a building where the elevators uses Fuzzy Logic, you really notices when you move to a building where they don't.
I would have thought that with the rate mobile masts are getting installed everywhere a technology that the article mentions, would already had be created?
Now I have no knowledge about how these networks are controlled, but if there is no automated adjustments I can understand why there are so many "dead spots".
I don't know if it would be possible. But I think that if you could show a installation of fx. Linux it might also help.
I am amazed about how many Microsoft people are afraid to even try to install something like Linux, even just to try it out. So maybe a installation could help people so they could see that get it up and running isn't that hard, then when you have used 1 hour installing, you have the rest of the time explaining a lot of the issues people have mentioned here.
When I talk to Microsoft people who wants to try out UNIX/Linux the big showstopper is how to install programs, how to change settings, so like many other has mentioned the basics about the configuration on a more general basis. If they already has some MS training, you could take that as a starting point like "You have learned how to to do ____ on you w2k box, in UNIX you do this".
Am I the only one who has expirenced people who works with IT every day, mostly Microsoft, who just seems to be afraid to try to install a Linux, even when they got plenty of machines at home to try it out without anyone disturbing?
I don't get it, I love my work and one thing I like is trying out new things, like different operating systems just to see how they run. Just because I don't know much about W2K servers doesn't mean that I haven't tried to install one to see how IIS or the media server works. At any rate, if I am going to bash Microsoft products it works better when you have tried them.:)
Hmm, just got some ideas of some polls for Slashdot like:
How much does a 2mbit DSL connection cost where you live
1 Free
2 less than 50$
3 less than 100$
4 Less than 200$
5 over 200$
6 Can't get it
or
That speeds of DSL are available in your area(country?)
1) less than 256kbit
2) 512kbit
3) 1Mbit
4) 2mbit
6) None.
Or just maybe one that asks about the speed of which people are connected to the internet in their home. Even if one such poll has been made before the difference between a earlier could be interesting.
I rememeber we had one poll Bandwidth to Home Via...
Now, I live in a country where we do have a National database and each and everyone has their own number.
I don't have a problem with that and I think that USA could get a lot of good things out of that. Of course you need to put down some ground rules about how this data can be used and which databases should be connected.
Don't define the solution by the features of a existing product.
As in any other project it's a bad idea to look at the solution before the problem/job has been defined. Define the project and then look for products that can help you reach your goal. If Oracle is the best choice for the project then it's great. But let's look at what we want before we look at how to solve it.
You might as well say, I want to travel from Europe to USA fast and I want to drive a car all the way. Instead one should have said, I want to travel from Europe to USA fast, and now look into the best way of doing it. I am not convinced that you end up using the car.:-)
Look at Sony when they came with the first Playstation. At the time, a lot of people was unsure if they could get into that market.
The graphics were at the time excellent and before 3D pc cards was something that was expected in every new PC. I even got myself one and enjoyed playing it. But after a while games started supporting the 3Dfx cards etc. I slowly stopped playing on the Playstation although Gran Turismo did breathe some extra life in to it. But I ended up selling it after some time. Today, fancy graphics is not enough to cut it. We need features that can compete with the PC's. It a different maket than on the PC, but still I can see that people would want a proper internet connection and the joys of playing online should not be underestimated.
I think that they should really focus on getting the box on the internet and getting some multiplayer games up and running. The ethernet port is a very good thing but it should not be limited to that. A serial/usb connection to a external that would allow you to connect using a modem/ISDN using PPP would be great.
Get it on the net for real and their advantage would raise a great deal.
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Dad, the textures suck!
No, son, it is supposed to look that way. Big blank surfaces rendered in at least 1600x1200 32 bit colors on a GF4. Note 2ghz P4 reguired.
Just look at how many shades of grey(heh) and blue they have crammed into this game.
Yes, but it have to be shorter to make it work.
Something in the way "I'll try not to make a dead-gunman review this time"
I'd say 2 works max. maybe 3 if it doesn't take too long time to say or type.
I love Futurama but I still think that a good Simpsons ep can beat a good Futurama EP.
I must say that the recent "Weekend at Burnsie's" where Homer where high most of the time or "Blame it on Lisa(rio ep)", shows that The Simpsons still can cut it.
But of course nothing beats time before the got a heavy dose of the PC junk, that sure did ruinda season or two. And I'd like to see Conan O'Brien back on the team, but I guess that is very unlikely.
Still Futurama are a fresh breath of air and I must say that I enjoyed the latest ep of Futurama on Star Trek. Had a lot of what we like, references to things outside the show that is only funny for thow "who knows".
I think that one of the great things about The Simsons have always been that there was a lot of "inside" jokes/references that added a lot of value for hardcore fans and still providing entertainent for those not "in the loop". It has always shown itself when looking at many people watching the show together, some would crack up while other just didn't get it and there was still plenty of laughs for all to share.
I read some game reviews before I decide if I want to buy a game, and download a demo, if available. :) This is, sadly, where Microsoft's Passport comes in. If you just think of the concept that you can have one login for multiple sites, it's a great idea. It could work well for micropayments etc. But then there is just the thing that I don't like the current passport solution from Microsoft. Call it biased, M$ hater, whatever. In my opinion, a true passport system should work the other way around than the current solution today. :) A passport system could be provided from a number of companies which services and serveres were verified and on a "positive" list. The standardization should be at the interface between the website and "passport" servers where the user could be signed up to the service he/she chooses and information and payments etc, would work from any of them. :)
But as in many other cases, it's a question how important the information of the site is to me. And game reviews are not that important to me so I would choose to be without the information. It would be the same for many other sites.
In the "old" days before the internet, one would have to rely on magazines to provide you with information, but today you just consult the web. So I can see(with the failing income of banner ads) why sites need to have another source of income to survive. I guess that some people will sign up for it if the information the site offers means a lot to them which is fine. I just hope they don't expect that they can maintain the same number of visitors that they are used to and that it has been included in their calculations.
Another topic is you accounts, I have enough accounts as it is and my guess is that if I would subscribe to another one, I would most likely forget one, I don't need another password.
The standardization here is done at the wrong level, unless you want to rule the market.
The problem is that you need a centralized company that verifies the "passport" companies as well as the websites.
The whole thing would not be impossible to do and it could do the web a lot of good, including sites like Gamespot where my guess is that more people would pay for the reviews if they didn't have to sign up for yet another service but could choose to buy the article they wanted to read.
So lets get started and form a council that can define the standards for this.
Ah yes :)
Bart: [German accent] Hey mouse...say cheese. [snaps picture; an Itchy robot collapses] With a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero. [the family snaps more photos] [Homer emerges from a pile of robots]
Homer: Die, bad robots, die! [laughs] With a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero. -- Yeah, real dry, "Itchy and Scratchy Land"
I have a sx-6000 controller I run as RAID-5 and it seems to work for me, except that I got that large drive problem too. Anyway, I selected "Other"(instead of Linux) in the controller setup and Redhat found it as a I2O device, Mandrake however did not in the 8.1 release.
I like the idea, but the screen looks awful, I can't imagine it's better to read black letters on green background. :)
Maybe it's again time to check the ISO 9241 book regarding standards for ergonomic design of workstations, etc
From all these years of creating computers, we should have learned a thing or two and I can't image that black on green is it.
It is so important to the sucess of a product like that(and the whole concept) that reading a book doesn't put more of a strain on you eyes than a normal book. Because otherwise I'd stick to normal books no matter how many virtual books I can carry in my luggage.
Now let's get back to the good old yellow text on a blue background.
I have a Dell Latitude CPx with a 600mhz P3, but it still sucks because of the low bus speed at 33mhz.
Or at least I has been told that the bus runs at 33mhz, haven't checked the specs myself but anyway, it is really. oh well
So I guess I am a devil loving communist. hmm.
Amazing what can happen to you when you download a ISO image of FreeBSD. I expected a lot of thing, a stable server, new gadets optimized disk drivers. But it seems that I got a little more than I bargained for.
Show me ONE bug free piece of software that exists, anywhwere, that is more complex than the "hello world!" level and you can argue with me.
Hey, forget that \n linefeed and the pretty Hello World program is quite fucked up right there.
Remeber the game with the anti "boss-key" that instead of the boss key, came up with a message saying something like "we think your boss should know you are playing games" and then played a very annoying sound on you speaker.
I can't remeber which game it was(King's quest?) but I think it was sierra online. hmm
I guess that he could have saved a lot of bandwidth by not writing the article and not getting linked to by slashdot. :)
There goes all his efforts to save bandwidth down the drain. All those hours for nothing.
Well, the latest wave of junk got me started on a banner system for the right stuff. Have just begun working on it. Mostly for fun I must admit. (says the guy who thinks it's more fun to play with PHP than watching TV).
Anyway isn't it the problem with most UNIX or open source stuff, if't it's not Linux, people will never hear of it in news etc. because "normal" people wouldn't understand. And the nature of it all with little or no money involved, advertising is not something you do. Most would think, why should we, it's a great product, we don't need it. But haven't we seen poor products win over good because of proper advertising. I mean when you say wordprocessing, everyone with a pc(/. crowd excluded) would think of "Microsoft Word" etc.
oh and, please go easy on me, it is just all in good fun.:)
dammit. :) that will teach me to have so many open browsers :)
I loved playing M.U.L.E., maybe because it was the first time I tried a 4 player game on ye olde C64. I remember playing the game even after I got myself a Amiga, and after selling it as well. Anyway for those not knowing M.U.L.E. take a look here. Review included.
My first thought too, But Mr. Blackley had only pressed the Pause button
:)
Yes,, yes, that's what well tell them, we pressed the pause button. muhahhahaaa
So this is like elevators using Fuzzy logic?. If you everyday work is in a building where the elevators uses Fuzzy Logic, you really notices when you move to a building where they don't. I would have thought that with the rate mobile masts are getting installed everywhere a technology that the article mentions, would already had be created? Now I have no knowledge about how these networks are controlled, but if there is no automated adjustments I can understand why there are so many "dead spots".
I don't know if it would be possible. But I think that if you could show a installation of fx. Linux it might also help.
:)
I am amazed about how many Microsoft people are afraid to even try to install something like Linux, even just to try it out. So maybe a installation could help people so they could see that get it up and running isn't that hard, then when you have used 1 hour installing, you have the rest of the time explaining a lot of the issues people have mentioned here.
When I talk to Microsoft people who wants to try out UNIX/Linux the big showstopper is how to install programs, how to change settings, so like many other has mentioned the basics about the configuration on a more general basis. If they already has some MS training, you could take that as a starting point like "You have learned how to to do ____ on you w2k box, in UNIX you do this". Am I the only one who has expirenced people who works with IT every day, mostly Microsoft, who just seems to be afraid to try to install a Linux, even when they got plenty of machines at home to try it out without anyone disturbing? I don't get it, I love my work and one thing I like is trying out new things, like different operating systems just to see how they run. Just because I don't know much about W2K servers doesn't mean that I haven't tried to install one to see how IIS or the media server works. At any rate, if I am going to bash Microsoft products it works better when you have tried them.
damn, you are right without him, the polls would be all worthless :)
Hmm, just got some ideas of some polls for Slashdot like:
How much does a 2mbit DSL connection cost where you live
1 Free
2 less than 50$
3 less than 100$
4 Less than 200$
5 over 200$
6 Can't get it
or
That speeds of DSL are available in your area(country?)
1) less than 256kbit
2) 512kbit
3) 1Mbit
4) 2mbit
6) None.
Or just maybe one that asks about the speed of which people are connected to the internet in their home. Even if one such poll has been made before the difference between a earlier could be interesting.
I rememeber we had one poll Bandwidth to Home Via...
Now, I live in a country where we do have a National database and each and everyone has their own number. I don't have a problem with that and I think that USA could get a lot of good things out of that. Of course you need to put down some ground rules about how this data can be used and which databases should be connected. Don't define the solution by the features of a existing product. As in any other project it's a bad idea to look at the solution before the problem/job has been defined. Define the project and then look for products that can help you reach your goal. If Oracle is the best choice for the project then it's great. But let's look at what we want before we look at how to solve it. You might as well say, I want to travel from Europe to USA fast and I want to drive a car all the way. Instead one should have said, I want to travel from Europe to USA fast, and now look into the best way of doing it. I am not convinced that you end up using the car. :-)
Look at Sony when they came with the first Playstation. At the time, a lot of people was unsure if they could get into that market. The graphics were at the time excellent and before 3D pc cards was something that was expected in every new PC. I even got myself one and enjoyed playing it. But after a while games started supporting the 3Dfx cards etc. I slowly stopped playing on the Playstation although Gran Turismo did breathe some extra life in to it. But I ended up selling it after some time. Today, fancy graphics is not enough to cut it. We need features that can compete with the PC's. It a different maket than on the PC, but still I can see that people would want a proper internet connection and the joys of playing online should not be underestimated. I think that they should really focus on getting the box on the internet and getting some multiplayer games up and running. The ethernet port is a very good thing but it should not be limited to that. A serial/usb connection to a external that would allow you to connect using a modem/ISDN using PPP would be great. Get it on the net for real and their advantage would raise a great deal.