at least they got rid of the beggars who wouldn't take "No" for an answer from AC1....and now have musician beggars who you can forcibly push and they get the point and move away (or you can throw money at).
I remember in AC1, I had to go around and take out the beggars first before doing a mission.
Sorry, I was trying to be polite: ME2 pales in comparison.
And by "forked," it gave you "choices" but it all lead to "sh*t"
*SPOILER ALERT* Some of your crew will die if you can't keep them loyal. I believe the minimum is one crew, no matter how you play, will die. *END SPOILER ALERT*
Plus the weapons were weak though being able to upgrade the ship's weapons was cool...but since they don't have "space" battles (aside from the cut scenes/scripted stuff)...it was pointless.
whatever the game may be, I'd like the games to NOT be annoying.
Though replay-ability and story are crucial, so is not being annoying or restrictive (not just limited to being too "console-y").
for instance, lately, Zynga's games have been annoying...trying to peddle their "wares" so much that it just got to the point that I don't want to play their games. And also the same goes for the PC version of Assassin's Creed 2. In certain missions, the camera angles are locked so you have to learn re-adapt the controls as it won't move as it will on the screen. (and I'm not including the intro logo videos which you can't skip...legitimately)
Some games, I still play...even though they have been out for years. Valve for one allows you to skip the intro logo vids, it is customizable, communities exist and it lacks major annoyances.
in that sense, Mass Effect 2 falls into that annoyance category when compared to it's predecessor. For one, it wasn't as "upgradable"/customizable as the first; shields sucked monkey testicles, and it forked too much compared to the first.
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emEditor isn't open source let alone a $0 software
forgot to mention Notepad++'s line dup
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yea...Ctrl-D is very useful. So is Ctrl-T Tab and Shift-Tab for formatting.
Also like "nano" but I still prefer N++ since it's got syntax highlighting, support for tab-formatting AND tabs....etc.
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don't mock the Notepad++....it's very powerful, yet lightweight and unbloated.
I'm sure many slashdotters here also live by the "Notepad++ code"....
and ever since he came onboard and DESIGNED the damned thing (he's even got the copyright of the technical design of it), it has been working without incident (before TC, it was a nightmare).
in the corporate world, yes....but in govt? especially SF city? sorry...that's just asking for trouble. It's like handing a gun over to your mob boss...and the moment u do, the gun goes off...killing his son or whatever...and he then blames you for it. gg...noob.
and guess what...the moment after he did give the password, the city govt idiots published it, publicly.
A good article to read is on infoworld which has detailed accounts of everything and emphasizes how the charges don't hold up to scrutiny. Especially on page 3...the city entered into evidence, the password list....and in doing that, it was made public. DUH! Man...that is why he was the sole, always-on-call admin for the FiberWAN...there are so many incompetent, computer-illiterate people who work for the city's IT department, it boggles the mind.
and now there's a need for a new tag....."suddenoutbreakofidiocracy"
that being said....dunno...this sets a bad precedence for sysadmins/IT ppl....as this basically be also interpreted as "if you secure your network from novices who may break the network, you might be guilty of a crime"
I hope he appeals and some big-shot lawyer does it pro-bono and sues the pants off the city. (having friends who have had to deal with the SF city WAN system prior to Terry Childs and how it use to go down often for long periods of time; they were appalled back it was first announced that he was arrested for fixing a broken network...bureaucracy at its finest).
anyways...here's what I learned (unlike Comedy Central)....Ogg isn't ".OGM" (a now-defunct bastard child/fork), it's got features that Matroska has and more, it's got error-detection...MP4 can't do live....etc.
man...must say though...I had a good laugh when I saw the line: "...wholesale dismantling..."
I only wish there would be more Flash media players that supported it (I know there's a haxe-based Ogg Vorbis decoder out there though...wish it was developed on more and would do video as well)
refuted? that's just being overly polite... To give an example....a rogue nation launches a nuke...and we use one bullet to throw that nuke off-course and nuke them with their own incompetently built nuke.
Or holding a mirror in front of an ugly brat and they scare themselves to death....
in the gaming world..."pwned" and "gg n00b" come to mind. (in tf2, you airblast stickies back at the demoman and it takes him and a few of his friends out too)
in Penny Arcade, fruitfucker goes to a farmer's market....during fruit season....
in Slashdot....Cmdr Taco....yea...'nuff said.
either way, it's an interesting read...for one...I learned something today....*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
I usually recommend Linksys hardware (and DD-WRT as the software); though finding a newer Linksys with the ability to hook up an external antenna is...well...not as easy. (plus some models are prone to overheating)
"biggest professional sport"? seriously? SC1, a sport? thought it was one of the excuses used by certain crazed parents for abandoning their newborn at home or that other one where some dude died from playing too much SC1 (or was it WoW). now THAT's nerdy.
this....this is more like news for gamblers/bookies
strange....but not unexpected from Crytek, among a growing number of dev studios who are becoming disconnected with their customers (PC gamers) which in turn drives down their own sales. Look at Ubisoft or even "CRYSIS" (which has been categorized by many as being a "tech demo" rather than a game)
I do have to admit, the original Far Cry was awesome even with the gameplay and plot but pretty much every game coming from Crytek since then have been alienating gamers (not to mention their controversial comments that seems to also further anger their potential customers).
Perhaps they need to not follow the footsteps of the R*AA/M*AA and actually concentrate on games that gamers will actually like to play. Why else would their competitors such as Valve can make money even with such out-dated game engines or their infamous "Valve time" schedule?
last year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) changed their rules to classify any lithium-based battery (even the tiny ones found in wrist-watches) as a "Hazardous Material" and under the Universal Postal Convention, it prohibits hazardous materials from being sent internationally by mail (nationally, most Universal Postal Union member countries restrict it to ground-only mail). http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/restriction/other_en.html
The restriction also prohibits electronic devices with batteries in them unless they remove the battery. Third-party (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) parcel companies are exempt though mainly because they have their own planes though airlines that also provide air-cargo services may have other restrictions as well as similar restrictions in certain cases.
I guess they can try to claim it's a "feminine hygiene product"....
agreed....plus wasn't the second one all...u know...whiny?
trying to remember...there was this one youtuber who did a review (much like how RedLetterMedia's Mike does Star Wars TPM and AotC but with less comedy and no pizza rolls) and basically hated it for all the whining about ex-wives and crap....coming from a big buff marine...who's suppose to be a bad-ass...killing shit-ton of Cogs...but can't handle a single divorce.
it's not like she's coming after you with a 9-Iron or something.
at first I thought it was a typo too....but then realized that "adapter" is more fitting that "adopter"....as ppl who do buy 'em will have to "adapt" to using it (and later deciding not to use it)
Slashdot Mirror
makes ya wonder what will happen to the Folding@Home client stats as PS3s die off and aren't replaced.
And who suffers in the end? Sick kids.
Oh, will someone think of the children!
at least they got rid of the beggars who wouldn't take "No" for an answer from AC1....and now have musician beggars who you can forcibly push and they get the point and move away (or you can throw money at).
I remember in AC1, I had to go around and take out the beggars first before doing a mission.
Sorry, I was trying to be polite: ME2 pales in comparison.
And by "forked," it gave you "choices" but it all lead to "sh*t"
*SPOILER ALERT*
Some of your crew will die if you can't keep them loyal. I believe the minimum is one crew, no matter how you play, will die.
*END SPOILER ALERT*
Plus the weapons were weak though being able to upgrade the ship's weapons was cool...but since they don't have "space" battles (aside from the cut scenes/scripted stuff)...it was pointless.
whatever the game may be, I'd like the games to NOT be annoying.
Though replay-ability and story are crucial, so is not being annoying or restrictive (not just limited to being too "console-y").
for instance, lately, Zynga's games have been annoying...trying to peddle their "wares" so much that it just got to the point that I don't want to play their games.
And also the same goes for the PC version of Assassin's Creed 2. In certain missions, the camera angles are locked so you have to learn re-adapt the controls as it won't move as it will on the screen. (and I'm not including the intro logo videos which you can't skip...legitimately)
Some games, I still play...even though they have been out for years.
Valve for one allows you to skip the intro logo vids, it is customizable, communities exist and it lacks major annoyances.
in that sense, Mass Effect 2 falls into that annoyance category when compared to it's predecessor. For one, it wasn't as "upgradable"/customizable as the first; shields sucked monkey testicles, and it forked too much compared to the first.
emEditor isn't open source let alone a $0 software
yea...Ctrl-D is very useful.
So is Ctrl-T
Tab and Shift-Tab for formatting.
Also like "nano" but I still prefer N++ since it's got syntax highlighting, support for tab-formatting AND tabs....etc.
don't mock the Notepad++....it's very powerful, yet lightweight and unbloated.
I'm sure many slashdotters here also live by the "Notepad++ code"....
and ever since he came onboard and DESIGNED the damned thing (he's even got the copyright of the technical design of it), it has been working without incident (before TC, it was a nightmare).
in the corporate world, yes....but in govt?
especially SF city?
sorry...that's just asking for trouble.
It's like handing a gun over to your mob boss...and the moment u do, the gun goes off...killing his son or whatever...and he then blames you for it.
gg...noob.
and guess what...the moment after he did give the password, the city govt idiots published it, publicly.
A good article to read is on infoworld which has detailed accounts of everything and emphasizes how the charges don't hold up to scrutiny.
Especially on page 3...the city entered into evidence, the password list....and in doing that, it was made public. DUH!
Man...that is why he was the sole, always-on-call admin for the FiberWAN...there are so many incompetent, computer-illiterate people who work for the city's IT department, it boggles the mind.
and now there's a need for a new tag....."suddenoutbreakofidiocracy"
that being said....dunno...this sets a bad precedence for sysadmins/IT ppl....as this basically be also interpreted as "if you secure your network from novices who may break the network, you might be guilty of a crime"
I hope he appeals and some big-shot lawyer does it pro-bono and sues the pants off the city.
(having friends who have had to deal with the SF city WAN system prior to Terry Childs and how it use to go down often for long periods of time; they were appalled back it was first announced that he was arrested for fixing a broken network...bureaucracy at its finest).
dunno how it's offtopic....
anyways...here's what I learned (unlike Comedy Central)....Ogg isn't ".OGM" (a now-defunct bastard child/fork), it's got features that Matroska has and more, it's got error-detection...MP4 can't do live....etc.
man...must say though...I had a good laugh when I saw the line: "...wholesale dismantling..."
I only wish there would be more Flash media players that supported it (I know there's a haxe-based Ogg Vorbis decoder out there though...wish it was developed on more and would do video as well)
refuted? that's just being overly polite...
To give an example....a rogue nation launches a nuke...and we use one bullet to throw that nuke off-course and nuke them with their own incompetently built nuke.
Or holding a mirror in front of an ugly brat and they scare themselves to death....
in the gaming world..."pwned" and "gg n00b" come to mind. (in tf2, you airblast stickies back at the demoman and it takes him and a few of his friends out too)
in Penny Arcade, fruitfucker goes to a farmer's market....during fruit season....
in Slashdot....Cmdr Taco....yea...'nuff said.
either way, it's an interesting read...for one...I learned something today....*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*
enuf said.
Cmdr Taco would be proud.
I usually recommend Linksys hardware (and DD-WRT as the software); though finding a newer Linksys with the ability to hook up an external antenna is ...well...not as easy. (plus some models are prone to overheating)
I think it needs the "suddenoutbreak" tag.
I wonder if India is one of the countries in the ACTA thingie....
and what the NewYorkCountryLawyer has to say about it.
no, I'm not.
"fixed games" and "betting" isn't nerdy...it's....hmmm...gambler-y (in essence, more like "news for gamblers")
"biggest professional sport"? seriously? SC1, a sport? thought it was one of the excuses used by certain crazed parents for abandoning their newborn at home or that other one where some dude died from playing too much SC1 (or was it WoW).
now THAT's nerdy.
this....this is more like news for gamblers/bookies
strange....but not unexpected from Crytek, among a growing number of dev studios who are becoming disconnected with their customers (PC gamers) which in turn drives down their own sales.
Look at Ubisoft or even "CRYSIS" (which has been categorized by many as being a "tech demo" rather than a game)
I do have to admit, the original Far Cry was awesome even with the gameplay and plot but pretty much every game coming from Crytek since then have been alienating gamers (not to mention their controversial comments that seems to also further anger their potential customers).
Perhaps they need to not follow the footsteps of the R*AA/M*AA and actually concentrate on games that gamers will actually like to play.
Why else would their competitors such as Valve can make money even with such out-dated game engines or their infamous "Valve time" schedule?
last year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) changed their rules to classify any lithium-based battery (even the tiny ones found in wrist-watches) as a "Hazardous Material" and under the Universal Postal Convention, it prohibits hazardous materials from being sent internationally by mail (nationally, most Universal Postal Union member countries restrict it to ground-only mail).
http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/restriction/other_en.html
The restriction also prohibits electronic devices with batteries in them unless they remove the battery.
Third-party (FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) parcel companies are exempt though mainly because they have their own planes though airlines that also provide air-cargo services may have other restrictions as well as similar restrictions in certain cases.
I guess they can try to claim it's a "feminine hygiene product"....
agreed....plus wasn't the second one all...u know...whiny?
trying to remember...there was this one youtuber who did a review (much like how RedLetterMedia's Mike does Star Wars TPM and AotC but with less comedy and no pizza rolls) and basically hated it for all the whining about ex-wives and crap....coming from a big buff marine...who's suppose to be a bad-ass...killing shit-ton of Cogs...but can't handle a single divorce.
it's not like she's coming after you with a 9-Iron or something.
and this news relates to Slashdot, News for Nerds, how?
I'm a nerd...but I'm not Korean...nor care about pro-Starcraft 1 tourneys (besides, if it was SC2, then....it might better).
at first I thought it was a typo too....but then realized that "adapter" is more fitting that "adopter"....as ppl who do buy 'em will have to "adapt" to using it (and later deciding not to use it)
'cuz....they (men in suits) would suppress that sort of thing.
what? no skynet tag?
bet the robot became self-aware and decided "to hell with this....I'm making a break for it!"
Now, it's probably in league with those sharks with laser beams.
you can always use iptables and hashlimit module to limit the number of connections to port 22 as well as using sshdfilter
Or you make and add a surge protector circuit to your car?
Or even better....fashion a EMP reflector so it knocks out the car chasing you.