Not every game is a Half-Life 2 or Bioshock. As the economy constricts cashflow from these companies, we just have to hope they still have the willingness to spend a little extra time and money making a great game.
They wrapped a while ago. Said so at Comic-Con which was 4 months ago, when someone asked if Tahmoh Penikett (Helo)'s time would be split between BSG and Dollhouse.
Nearly 2009 and we still can't plug in a printer and have it just work. The idea that any printer - consumer or professional - needs proprietary drivers that might have problems with Windows 7 is really sad. We need more standard HID devices, and better HID support in OSes.
Various reasons include: anonymity, lack of rules, and lack of immediate consequences
Growing up, we are taught how to act "proper", and much of that involves keeping our emotions bottled up. Everyone gets frustrated with coworkers, on the road, etc. but rarely says anything for fear of consequences. Anger isn't any more rampant on the web than it is in real life, it is just expressed freely here.
So what is the article really suggesting? That we make rules to have everyone bottle up like normal? A lot of what people say on the net might be exaggerated, but I'm sure this is merely a symptom of finally being able to speak your mind, with the oppression of society lifted. It's like kids cussing a lot with friends because it's forbidden at home, then they grow up and suddenly they don't cuss at trivial things anymore, because they're free to do it.
Pretty much every variant of every game made in the past two decades is neatly archived on various sites. They are easy to find, you just have to look.
What games would you put on display?
Why not put all of them in storage, and have a computer to browse it displaying the most popular ones by default? Let people play them. Record their games and put up some good past recordings on a few big screens for others to see.
Now, I find myself losing faith in the Wii. With all the Mario lineup accounted for and Smash Bros done, a "not completely awesome" Metroid. What do we have to look forward to?
One thing I am looking forward to is the MotionPlus wiimote attachment. You know those lightsaber games we where promised? All the great game ideas that turned out lackluster because the wiimote's motion detection isn't that great? This will make all that possible. The MotionPlus gives 6 degrees of freedom, registering motion and rotation.
people who really like reiser4 might want to take a look at btrfs; it has a number of the same design ideas that reiser3/4 had --- except (a) the filesystem format has support for some advanced features that are designed to leapfrog ZFS, (b) the maintainer is not a crazy man and works well with other LKML developers (free hint: if your code needs to be reviewed to get in, and reviewers are scarce; don't insult and abuse the volunteer reviewers as Hans did --- Not a good plan!).
So apparently Microsoft tried to make their own "D" long ago and failed. It's not talking about the current D from Digital Mars. The article had me confused for a few minutes there.
I read it as in "You've fucked with the wrong guy". All leaks are bad, but emails of people interested in "securing data and protecting personal information" are the last ones you'd want to leak.
If I am reading this correctly, they are describing a well known problem with plenty of well known solutions. One such is XTS, which is what TrueCrypt uses.
You realize people's ears are essentially an array mic, right? Sure, we can understand speech just fine with one ear, but two makes it a hell of a lot easier to zero-in on someone in noisy environments.
That's the whole purpose of array mics: let the PC zero in on you for better quality.
I agree there are tactics in these games, sometimes much more than any FPS. Combos have certainly stopped being innovative long ago. I would hardly consider combos to be depth. Give me something new!
I'm a major fan of the series, so I had a lot of hopes for it. The graphics are noticeably improved, but the gameplay hasn't changed much. These kinds of games don't have a lot of room for depth though, so one can't really expect gameplay to change drastically.
I think the main problem Street Fighter has is that it's best played in an arcade, with a loud energetic environment surrounded by 5-10 people. Most people (in the USA, at least) don't go to arcades anymore.
So I played SF4 at Comic Con, it was fun. I still think Street Fighter Alpha 3 was the best of the series, but I'll definitely be buying this for the PC when it comes out later this year
The main problem is with background noise and crappy mics. Vista supports array mics (which are now getting more and more common on laptops), which are supposed to dramatically increase the accuracy of speech recognition. I have never got to test one, though.
Does anyone know of a good cheap one for a desktop PC, preferably pure digital (using something such as the AKU2002)? It seems like array mics should be cheap and easy to make, but almost nobody does it.
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No. Fuck them.
Not every game is a Half-Life 2 or Bioshock. As the economy constricts cashflow from these companies, we just have to hope they still have the willingness to spend a little extra time and money making a great game.
They wrapped a while ago. Said so at Comic-Con which was 4 months ago, when someone asked if Tahmoh Penikett (Helo)'s time would be split between BSG and Dollhouse.
MP3 is plenty good enough, it just requires more bits. Why have 192kbps MP3 when you can save room with an equally good 160kbps Vorbis?
good headphones are a must for such close listening tests. you'll only be able to hear really major differences with most speakers.
Nearly 2009 and we still can't plug in a printer and have it just work. The idea that any printer - consumer or professional - needs proprietary drivers that might have problems with Windows 7 is really sad. We need more standard HID devices, and better HID support in OSes.
up next: Monster Gold Diamond HDMI cables with Cosmic Ray protection.
Growing up, we are taught how to act "proper", and much of that involves keeping our emotions bottled up. Everyone gets frustrated with coworkers, on the road, etc. but rarely says anything for fear of consequences. Anger isn't any more rampant on the web than it is in real life, it is just expressed freely here.
So what is the article really suggesting? That we make rules to have everyone bottle up like normal? A lot of what people say on the net might be exaggerated, but I'm sure this is merely a symptom of finally being able to speak your mind, with the oppression of society lifted. It's like kids cussing a lot with friends because it's forbidden at home, then they grow up and suddenly they don't cuss at trivial things anymore, because they're free to do it.
Pretty much every variant of every game made in the past two decades is neatly archived on various sites. They are easy to find, you just have to look.
Why not put all of them in storage, and have a computer to browse it displaying the most popular ones by default? Let people play them. Record their games and put up some good past recordings on a few big screens for others to see.
should be enough for anyone.
Now, I find myself losing faith in the Wii. With all the Mario lineup accounted for and Smash Bros done, a "not completely awesome" Metroid. What do we have to look forward to?
One thing I am looking forward to is the MotionPlus wiimote attachment. You know those lightsaber games we where promised? All the great game ideas that turned out lackluster because the wiimote's motion detection isn't that great? This will make all that possible. The MotionPlus gives 6 degrees of freedom, registering motion and rotation.
So apparently Microsoft tried to make their own "D" long ago and failed. It's not talking about the current D from Digital Mars. The article had me confused for a few minutes there.
I read it as in "You've fucked with the wrong guy". All leaks are bad, but emails of people interested in "securing data and protecting personal information" are the last ones you'd want to leak.
Most of this memory *can* run in spec. They just test to make sure it's also able to run out of spec.
Ever since that day, British has been scarred, forever trying to get as far away from Rainz as possible.
If I am reading this correctly, they are describing a well known problem with plenty of well known solutions. One such is XTS, which is what TrueCrypt uses.
You realize people's ears are essentially an array mic, right? Sure, we can understand speech just fine with one ear, but two makes it a hell of a lot easier to zero-in on someone in noisy environments.
That's the whole purpose of array mics: let the PC zero in on you for better quality.
I agree there are tactics in these games, sometimes much more than any FPS. Combos have certainly stopped being innovative long ago. I would hardly consider combos to be depth. Give me something new!
I'm a major fan of the series, so I had a lot of hopes for it. The graphics are noticeably improved, but the gameplay hasn't changed much. These kinds of games don't have a lot of room for depth though, so one can't really expect gameplay to change drastically.
I think the main problem Street Fighter has is that it's best played in an arcade, with a loud energetic environment surrounded by 5-10 people. Most people (in the USA, at least) don't go to arcades anymore.
So I played SF4 at Comic Con, it was fun. I still think Street Fighter Alpha 3 was the best of the series, but I'll definitely be buying this for the PC when it comes out later this year
The main problem is with background noise and crappy mics. Vista supports array mics (which are now getting more and more common on laptops), which are supposed to dramatically increase the accuracy of speech recognition. I have never got to test one, though.
Does anyone know of a good cheap one for a desktop PC, preferably pure digital (using something such as the AKU2002)? It seems like array mics should be cheap and easy to make, but almost nobody does it.
Why not build it directly into the hardware? The first time they try to connect internationally, phones should pop something up to warn them.
I thought some of the Doom engines out there supported both of those already.
File sharing is perfectly legal, thankyou.