I adore Crysis but it has some serious scaling issues and the problem isn't the CPU. Once you start throwing high end gear at it, like SLI, Tripple SLI, Crossfire, Crossfire X2's or even quad SLI it just scales like crap. 1 GPU = 45fps in X detail 2 GPU = 60fps in X detail 3 GPU = 65fps in X detail 1000 GPU = 85fps in X detail.
(you get the idea) It's a bit of a shame, however if you are willing to forgo AA and play in say 1680x1050 you can do that actually fairly cheeply now and it looks lovely.
I was going to pick this up as I assumed as an MP only game, it would be priced sensibly, perhaps 30$ US, after all the last time we dropped 45$ US on a Valve product we got HL2, HL2 Ep1, HL2 Ep2, TF2 AND Portal.
Left for Dead does look good but with the US$ gaining ground against other currencies (laughably, it won't last) the 45$ US now equates to about 70$ Australian for me. I was going to blindly pick it up mind you, without hesitation, without a demo, just to simply impulse purchase it but when I saw 45$ I was very very disapointed.
Their loss, not mine, I've got a tonne of other games to play, so rather than make any money from me they just made none.
How the fuck did this get a +4? I've never even been to university, nor have I done well in maths but as a/. reader I thoguht we all knew about distributed.net? Times certainly have changed, soon we'll see "how is babby formed?" posts on this place,...
It's not just the apps though, it's the OS's themselves.
There needs to be some kind of 'fresh state' file written by the OS once every re-boot, it should then simply stream that at boot time, if it fails, next re-boot it will not use the state file and revert to traditional booting.
Ubuntu, XP, Vista - they all seem so slow to boot, 95 is probably fast on todays hardware but that's a 10+ year old OS. Are multiple cores used? Why is it that my XP splash screen, the disk seems to go idle while it's fading in? Can a computer not do more than 1 thing at a time?
The hard disk should be FLAT OUT upon boot, yet you still see the odd half a second to multiple second pauses during boot time, it's horrible. The general bloat of the UI is half the problem, I'm sure of it.
You're kidding me? I suspected mininova might eventually be blocked but doing it on the trial run is insane... jesus christ I am now angry.
Free to air television is OVER, it's finished guys, generation X and Y are here as well as some of the older crew becoming IT savvy (my old man for example at 68) I can and will continue to torrent TV shows as long as it remains the easiest, fastest and most convienient way to get them.
This will not stand, I WILL find away around this if they block it, legal or not.
I feel genuinely sorry for people who live in even colder, darker, miserable places than us, during winter.
I don't want to start the debate with the non DST people, they are welcome to their opinion and good for them. I for one am a very very strong believer in DST and feel it gives me more sunlight during hours I can actually make use of it. I also believe in this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder Winter is genuinely depressing, as someone who is frequently depressed, to be honest I'd be entirely happy to have PERMENANT DST of about 90 minutes in Melbourne, just so the sun goes down that bit later in winter for us to enjoy it, even if it's not warm.
I can honestly say since we switched this past few weeks, I already honestly feel happier, quite seriously, it's warmer, it's brighter and I'm happier.
If there's a proper economic crises one of the things you see is people staying at home, watching more TV, more movies, using the computer more. You see less cinema, less holidays, less outdoor expensive activities.
People will stay at home, on their computers, those inclined to code will continue to code. The only way open source will be 'eliminated' is if computers or the internet is eliminated, pretty unlikely even in a bad economic crises.
I'm 30 years old and have never been to university, I rate a 99 on an IQ test and even I know this. I can only assume this is a troll for advertisements or just someone bored, cmon/. we're better than this - at least let us debate something worth debating huh?
I used a BBS heavily from the age of 17 to 19 with some fellow people from Melbourne Australia (hi Playnetters) I had several dreams of scrolling text, it's pretty funny but in a way a bit scary too that I would dream like that.
We also played 4 player doom over a modem (some third party app did an IPX emulation) - I've also had 'the doom' dream, no I'm not joking.
Do we sit and whine about our rights, complain about big brother spying on us or what?
I don't know, I realise some of these things are 'bad' in their TOS but really as has been stated, it's THEIR network and it's very very likely this is to cover their ass from litigation and kids being on the system.
I think you'll find it's unlikely that 2 conscenting (sp?) adults will be banned or in any real kind of trouble if they strike up a genuine friendship and swap names on the system, this is purely due to our modern, over litigous (sp?) society unfortunately
Disclaimer: I own a PS3 and hell yes, I do like it.
You talking about our PM who speaks Mandarin, I don't recall howard doing that, if I recall the best he could do was insert his tongue into the back end of George W Bush.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_rudd
Rudd studied at the Australian National University in Canberra where he resided at Burgmann College and graduated with First Class Honours in Arts (Asian Studies). He majored in Chinese language and Chinese history, became proficient in Mandarin and acquired a Chinese alias, Lù Kèwén (traditional Chinese: or in simplified Chinese: ).[6] Like most Chinese names given to westerners, Rudd's Chinese surname (Lù ) is partially based on the phonetics of his actual surname, Rudd (both possessing the vowel 'U' and the similar sounding alveolar lateral flap initial 'R/L') as well as being an actual Chinese name. Similarly, despite his Chinese given name (Kèwén ) closely resembling the official Chinese language transliteration of 'Kevin' (Kiwén ), it is also a Chinese name in its own right.[7][8] Rudd's thesis on Chinese democracy activist Wei Jingsheng[9] was supervised by Pierre Ryckmans, the eminent Belgian-Australian Sinologist.[10] During his studies Rudd cleaned the house of political commentator Laurie Oakes to earn money.[11] In 1980 he continued his Chinese studies at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.[12] Delivering the annual Gough Whitlam Lecture at Sydney University on "The Reforming Centre of Australian Politics" in 2008, Rudd praised the former Labor Prime Minister for implementing educational reforms, saying he was:... a kid who lived Gough Whitlam's dream that every child should have a desk with a lamp on it where he or she could study. A kid whose mum told him after the 1972 election that it might just now be possible for the likes of him to go to university. A kid from the country of no particular means and of no political pedigree who could therefore dream that one day he could make a contribution to our national political life.[13]
I can not easily make a good argument for you, I can make a poor argument that most of the slashdot users (and especially Aussies) will understand.
Free to air television is for the dogs! It's over for my generation and even some of the generation above me (I'm 30) I can no longer even contemplate the concept of actually scheduling my life around watching a TV show at X O'clock. Even recording from the TV, over here shows have many things done to them, such as Inserting up to 20 minutes of ads per hour Using that 'loudness' technology on the ads CUTTING PARTS OF THE ACTUAL SHOW OUT to fit in more ads (no, not joking) Airing the shows 3 / 6/ 9 months after they air in the states. Showing the shows out of order...............!
The list goes on. It might be taboo but a hell of a lot of people grab their shows this way, it's the only way to get them as far as I'm concerned. Also while I'm at it, what about porn? What if the govt decide porn is illegal? I'm a youngblooded male, I want to hunt for porn on the net, there is free 'legal' porn out there, what's to say they don't block redtube or cheggit or whatever the trendy sites are now?
What about when the filter makes a mistake? What about when slashdot is classed as illegal? The list goes on and on, it's bloody crazy. I'm very disapointed in Labour with this, I'm not a huge Liberal fan (no, I don't vote, sue me) so I can't say I voted for them to win, nor can I say I voted this policy in but it's quite frustrating and stupid.
The real issue is, at this point according to the whirlpool thread http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=967413 it does actually seem to be getting some momentum. I really find the internet bloody slow enough as it is in this country, most of us have DSL over cable, so that's 60ms instantly, then we're mostly hitting US sites so that's a total of about 180ms in the very best cases - when you're doing your general browsing, this really adds up.
I will have no hesitation in circumventing the law and using some kind of VPN, Proxy, Tor or whatever else will get me past this stupid thing, the frustration is having to do so in the first place.
Personally I'd prefer it if all you people who have got the saying wrong and then try to claim it's an adaptation or sarcasm harnessed your energy into learning how to speak english properly.
Rubbish just rubbish, it seems to me the 'pro glossy' crowd are convinced that the 'matte crowd' are a bunch of stuck up photo editing nitwits who should be photo editing on a desktop anyhow.
To that I respond that *I* and *EVERYONE* I know are regular users and every single one of them who have encountered a glossy display have also had precisely the same complaints I have, I DO NOT want to see myself in my damn screen constantly.
Perhaps you and others use consistently white web pages or applications all day but some of us actually look at dark web pages, dark movies or tv shows, terminal windows and don't need to see ourselves or do our makeup.
One of the most stupid things the IT industry has ever latched on to, it's a ridiculous fad and it eludes me why it ever took off. I'm convinced it's like tulip bulb mania or the housing bubble, perhaps similar to crocs or something like that.
Glossy is in my opinion faulty, it's an unusable product and should be returned as defective if you purchase one accidentally not researching if it's glossy or not (I nearly did that once, luckily a friend told me about the display being glossy only and I cancelled my order)
I'm glad people like it, good for you, I have no problem with you liking it and you're welcome to it, as long as there is a matte option for people who actually want to use their computers, rather than put it on a pedestal as a nice shiny piece of consumer electronics.
I couldn't agree more! As a mild overclocker, it's always frustrated me that you can buy modules 'rated at XYZ' and then in fine print 'only at ABC voltage' Hang on a minute......... isn't the OFFICIAL specification for this memory a lower voltage? Logically, I can only assume it's not really DDR3 / DDR2 memory if it requires going out of the official specification in order to operate.
That's like claiming you have a car which does 0 mpg but you have to drive at 5km/h and only downhills....
MOD THIS GUY TO THE TOP, RIGHT TO THE GODDAMNED TOP, DO IT AND DO IT NOW!
Sorry, I had to get it out there, I adored War 3 and I'm one of the minority who thinks the Hero units were awesome, I also love the whole rock paper scissor gameplay AND I loved the micro over macro stuff.
I thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed the SP campaign and the MP gameplay, the graphics were lovely, the environments good and even though the story itself was well of course silly (orcs, elfs, demons and dark portals) somehow it was so well told that I still loved it. I care not for the lore, I care for their storytelling abilities I suppose.
I really do wish for a War 4 and no I have _no_ interest in WOW which is my primary fear, that we may never see a War 4 due to WOW. I was going to write a post here begging for Starcraft 2 to have Heroes like War 3, but most people don't want that:/
I started in this industry 12 years ago at 18 years old, as a complete and utter geek who loved computers, hardware, tinkering and so on. I won't deny for a second I'm a lazy, young slob who isn't aiming to climb the ladder but as time has gone on, I have found I think I know LESS about computers now than I used to. This industry will often turn your hobby into a nightmare, I find I go home and all I want is my PC's to work, not to have to fiddle with the damned things.
As for your point, I've continued to slowly climb up, perhaps not in position title but from job to job I've gotten fairly good raises quite easily and it all comes down to interview skills and selling yourself, a half decent vocabulary, being polite, logical and wise (not just knowing stuff but genuinely not being a dumbass in the interview)
I still work in support, 12 years on but much better than phone support jobs for a better rate, I'm happy with what I do and I've decided I'm going to spend wisely and invest rather than become a corporate clown climing the ladder.
I will also say I have very little confidence, yet bluffing my way into a job has been fairly easy, just say the right thing, don't flat out lie, infact I've even told them answers they don't want to hear, if I don't know something I don't say this for example "GEE WIZZ SIR, I'M A HARD LEARNER AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT QUICK" nor do I say, with hesitation and uncertainty "Sure,... yeah I've dabbled with that, I know it yep, not a problem" (clearly lying)
I would actually answer with this. "Well look, I'd rather be honest with you, sadly I've never used product X but as far as I know it's mail/database/internet/web package and I do have experience with product Y, I'd be confident in saying I have very good fundamentals in IT and an analytical mind, I'm quite confident I can figure it out quite quickly without a problem, the majority of these mail/database/internet/web packages all follow the same kind of logic, also happy to do some research too if you like"
That's just one example but it's a straightforward answer like that where you're honest but confident you can do something because you're NOT a dipshit and bingo, you've got a job. For reference, I've got over 75% of the jobs I've interviewed for and I'm in no way an extrovert social party guy who everyone loves.
This post is absolotuely and utterly correct, the suit completely and utterly makes that game, it takes it from a regular first person shooter in a jungle to all different kind of games.
In harder difficulties it's substantially more fun too as it becomes a challenge and the suit continues to help. I rarely finish games nowadays and I've finished Crysis twice already and just started Warhead - good stuff.
Sadly the online for Warhead (Crysis Wars) is a bit 'spammy' playing much like regular DM games, you don't get to use the suit much.
Yes, there was a point where you could find the "Bob Hope has died" page on CNN several weeks before he died (may be another person) There was several others too, George Bush Snr and well I can't remember but a few.
Oblivion may have been MORE fun with mods to the levelling system but claiming it's not 'remotely enjoyable' and 'horribly flawed' is a bit much I think. Many games are better with mods yes but then again many are worse once mod'd. You have to ask yourself, what do you want the game, do you want it easier, harder, longer, shorter, do you want to play it effectively forever or do you want a linear single player experience. Do you like the actual gameplay itself or would you prefer it to actually play differently, etc?
Not releasing the mod tools initially for Fallout 3 will result in almost no loss of sales at all, infact the quicker they get it out the better, due to the US Christmas rush on games where from October to Jan they pump out game upon game upon game and not just crappy ones, avoiding being dead in the middle of this, is a smart thing.
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I adore Crysis but it has some serious scaling issues and the problem isn't the CPU.
Once you start throwing high end gear at it, like SLI, Tripple SLI, Crossfire, Crossfire X2's or even quad SLI it just scales like crap.
1 GPU = 45fps in X detail
2 GPU = 60fps in X detail
3 GPU = 65fps in X detail
1000 GPU = 85fps in X detail.
(you get the idea)
It's a bit of a shame, however if you are willing to forgo AA and play in say 1680x1050 you can do that actually fairly cheeply now and it looks lovely.
That's like saying Deus Ex was a multiplayer game because it came with an MP component.
I was going to pick this up as I assumed as an MP only game, it would be priced sensibly, perhaps 30$ US, after all the last time we dropped 45$ US on a Valve product we got HL2, HL2 Ep1, HL2 Ep2, TF2 AND Portal.
Left for Dead does look good but with the US$ gaining ground against other currencies (laughably, it won't last) the 45$ US now equates to about 70$ Australian for me.
I was going to blindly pick it up mind you, without hesitation, without a demo, just to simply impulse purchase it but when I saw 45$ I was very very disapointed.
Their loss, not mine, I've got a tonne of other games to play, so rather than make any money from me they just made none.
How the fuck did this get a +4? I've never even been to university, nor have I done well in maths but as a /. reader I thoguht we all knew about distributed.net? Times certainly have changed, soon we'll see "how is babby formed?" posts on this place,...
It's not just the apps though, it's the OS's themselves.
There needs to be some kind of 'fresh state' file written by the OS once every re-boot, it should then simply stream that at boot time, if it fails, next re-boot it will not use the state file and revert to traditional booting.
Ubuntu, XP, Vista - they all seem so slow to boot, 95 is probably fast on todays hardware but that's a 10+ year old OS.
Are multiple cores used?
Why is it that my XP splash screen, the disk seems to go idle while it's fading in? Can a computer not do more than 1 thing at a time?
The hard disk should be FLAT OUT upon boot, yet you still see the odd half a second to multiple second pauses during boot time, it's horrible.
The general bloat of the UI is half the problem, I'm sure of it.
You're kidding me? I suspected mininova might eventually be blocked but doing it on the trial run is insane... jesus christ I am now angry.
Free to air television is OVER, it's finished guys, generation X and Y are here as well as some of the older crew becoming IT savvy (my old man for example at 68)
I can and will continue to torrent TV shows as long as it remains the easiest, fastest and most convienient way to get them.
This will not stand, I WILL find away around this if they block it, legal or not.
I feel genuinely sorry for people who live in even colder, darker, miserable places than us, during winter.
I don't want to start the debate with the non DST people, they are welcome to their opinion and good for them.
I for one am a very very strong believer in DST and feel it gives me more sunlight during hours I can actually make use of it.
I also believe in this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder
Winter is genuinely depressing, as someone who is frequently depressed, to be honest I'd be entirely happy to have PERMENANT DST of about 90 minutes in Melbourne, just so the sun goes down that bit later in winter for us to enjoy it, even if it's not warm.
I can honestly say since we switched this past few weeks, I already honestly feel happier, quite seriously, it's warmer, it's brighter and I'm happier.
DST 4 all.
Seriously now.
If there's a proper economic crises one of the things you see is people staying at home, watching more TV, more movies, using the computer more.
You see less cinema, less holidays, less outdoor expensive activities.
People will stay at home, on their computers, those inclined to code will continue to code.
The only way open source will be 'eliminated' is if computers or the internet is eliminated, pretty unlikely even in a bad economic crises.
I'm 30 years old and have never been to university, I rate a 99 on an IQ test and even I know this. /. we're better than this - at least let us debate something worth debating huh?
I can only assume this is a troll for advertisements or just someone bored, cmon
I used a BBS heavily from the age of 17 to 19 with some fellow people from Melbourne Australia (hi Playnetters) I had several dreams of scrolling text, it's pretty funny but in a way a bit scary too that I would dream like that.
We also played 4 player doom over a modem (some third party app did an IPX emulation) - I've also had 'the doom' dream, no I'm not joking.
Do we sit and whine about our rights, complain about big brother spying on us or what?
I don't know, I realise some of these things are 'bad' in their TOS but really as has been stated, it's THEIR network and it's very very likely this is to cover their ass from litigation and kids being on the system.
I think you'll find it's unlikely that 2 conscenting (sp?) adults will be banned or in any real kind of trouble if they strike up a genuine friendship and swap names on the system, this is purely due to our modern, over litigous (sp?) society unfortunately
Disclaimer: I own a PS3 and hell yes, I do like it.
You talking about our PM who speaks Mandarin, I don't recall howard doing that, if I recall the best he could do was insert his tongue into the back end of George W Bush....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_rudd
Rudd studied at the Australian National University in Canberra where he resided at Burgmann College and graduated with First Class Honours in Arts (Asian Studies). He majored in Chinese language and Chinese history, became proficient in Mandarin and acquired a Chinese alias, Lù Kèwén (traditional Chinese: or in simplified Chinese: ).[6] Like most Chinese names given to westerners, Rudd's Chinese surname (Lù ) is partially based on the phonetics of his actual surname, Rudd (both possessing the vowel 'U' and the similar sounding alveolar lateral flap initial 'R/L') as well as being an actual Chinese name. Similarly, despite his Chinese given name (Kèwén ) closely resembling the official Chinese language transliteration of 'Kevin' (Kiwén ), it is also a Chinese name in its own right.[7][8] Rudd's thesis on Chinese democracy activist Wei Jingsheng[9] was supervised by Pierre Ryckmans, the eminent Belgian-Australian Sinologist.[10] During his studies Rudd cleaned the house of political commentator Laurie Oakes to earn money.[11] In 1980 he continued his Chinese studies at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.[12] Delivering the annual Gough Whitlam Lecture at Sydney University on "The Reforming Centre of Australian Politics" in 2008, Rudd praised the former Labor Prime Minister for implementing educational reforms, saying he was: ... a kid who lived Gough Whitlam's dream that every child should have a desk with a lamp on it where he or she could study. A kid whose mum told him after the 1972 election that it might just now be possible for the likes of him to go to university. A kid from the country of no particular means and of no political pedigree who could therefore dream that one day he could make a contribution to our national political life.[13]
I can not easily make a good argument for you, I can make a poor argument that most of the slashdot users (and especially Aussies) will understand.
Free to air television is for the dogs! It's over for my generation and even some of the generation above me (I'm 30)
I can no longer even contemplate the concept of actually scheduling my life around watching a TV show at X O'clock.
Even recording from the TV, over here shows have many things done to them, such as
Inserting up to 20 minutes of ads per hour
Using that 'loudness' technology on the ads
CUTTING PARTS OF THE ACTUAL SHOW OUT to fit in more ads (no, not joking)
Airing the shows 3 / 6/ 9 months after they air in the states.
Showing the shows out of order...............!
The list goes on.
It might be taboo but a hell of a lot of people grab their shows this way, it's the only way to get them as far as I'm concerned.
Also while I'm at it, what about porn? What if the govt decide porn is illegal? I'm a youngblooded male, I want to hunt for porn on the net, there is free 'legal' porn out there, what's to say they don't block redtube or cheggit or whatever the trendy sites are now?
What about when the filter makes a mistake? What about when slashdot is classed as illegal?
The list goes on and on, it's bloody crazy.
I'm very disapointed in Labour with this, I'm not a huge Liberal fan (no, I don't vote, sue me) so I can't say I voted for them to win, nor can I say I voted this policy in but it's quite frustrating and stupid.
The real issue is, at this point according to the whirlpool thread http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=967413 it does actually seem to be getting some momentum.
I really find the internet bloody slow enough as it is in this country, most of us have DSL over cable, so that's 60ms instantly, then we're mostly hitting US sites so that's a total of about 180ms in the very best cases - when you're doing your general browsing, this really adds up.
I will have no hesitation in circumventing the law and using some kind of VPN, Proxy, Tor or whatever else will get me past this stupid thing, the frustration is having to do so in the first place.
Yes this is absoloutely real.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=967413
Here you go.
http://www.woodwardweb.com/WindowsLiveWriter/MyFirstComputers_13B49/compaqI_be80609d-c8e7-4ceb-81c0-ad6cd2e791b6.jpg
Personally I'd prefer it if all you people who have got the saying wrong and then try to claim it's an adaptation or sarcasm harnessed your energy into learning how to speak english properly.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22common%20english%20mistakes%22%20%22could%20care%20less%22&hl=en&meta=
I don't need to post anon, because I'm damned well right, and I couldN'T care less what you think.
Rubbish just rubbish, it seems to me the 'pro glossy' crowd are convinced that the 'matte crowd' are a bunch of stuck up photo editing nitwits who should be photo editing on a desktop anyhow.
To that I respond that *I* and *EVERYONE* I know are regular users and every single one of them who have encountered a glossy display have also had precisely the same complaints I have, I DO NOT want to see myself in my damn screen constantly.
Perhaps you and others use consistently white web pages or applications all day but some of us actually look at dark web pages, dark movies or tv shows, terminal windows and don't need to see ourselves or do our makeup.
One of the most stupid things the IT industry has ever latched on to, it's a ridiculous fad and it eludes me why it ever took off.
I'm convinced it's like tulip bulb mania or the housing bubble, perhaps similar to crocs or something like that.
Glossy is in my opinion faulty, it's an unusable product and should be returned as defective if you purchase one accidentally not researching if it's glossy or not (I nearly did that once, luckily a friend told me about the display being glossy only and I cancelled my order)
I'm glad people like it, good for you, I have no problem with you liking it and you're welcome to it, as long as there is a matte option for people who actually want to use their computers, rather than put it on a pedestal as a nice shiny piece of consumer electronics.
I couldn't agree more!
As a mild overclocker, it's always frustrated me that you can buy modules 'rated at XYZ' and then in fine print 'only at ABC voltage'
Hang on a minute......... isn't the OFFICIAL specification for this memory a lower voltage?
Logically, I can only assume it's not really DDR3 / DDR2 memory if it requires going out of the official specification in order to operate.
That's like claiming you have a car which does 0 mpg but you have to drive at 5km/h and only downhills....
MOD THIS GUY TO THE TOP, RIGHT TO THE GODDAMNED TOP, DO IT AND DO IT NOW!
Sorry, I had to get it out there, I adored War 3 and I'm one of the minority who thinks the Hero units were awesome, I also love the whole rock paper scissor gameplay AND I loved the micro over macro stuff.
I thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed the SP campaign and the MP gameplay, the graphics were lovely, the environments good and even though the story itself was well of course silly (orcs, elfs, demons and dark portals) somehow it was so well told that I still loved it.
I care not for the lore, I care for their storytelling abilities I suppose.
I really do wish for a War 4 and no I have _no_ interest in WOW which is my primary fear, that we may never see a War 4 due to WOW. :/
I was going to write a post here begging for Starcraft 2 to have Heroes like War 3, but most people don't want that
Does that make myspace the new Geocities?
They may have some 41-ton magnets, or possibly even a beowulf cluster of 40-ton magnets to melt!
This is completely true.
I started in this industry 12 years ago at 18 years old, as a complete and utter geek who loved computers, hardware, tinkering and so on.
I won't deny for a second I'm a lazy, young slob who isn't aiming to climb the ladder but as time has gone on, I have found I think I know LESS about computers now than I used to.
This industry will often turn your hobby into a nightmare, I find I go home and all I want is my PC's to work, not to have to fiddle with the damned things.
As for your point, I've continued to slowly climb up, perhaps not in position title but from job to job I've gotten fairly good raises quite easily and it all comes down to interview skills and selling yourself, a half decent vocabulary, being polite, logical and wise (not just knowing stuff but genuinely not being a dumbass in the interview)
I still work in support, 12 years on but much better than phone support jobs for a better rate, I'm happy with what I do and I've decided I'm going to spend wisely and invest rather than become a corporate clown climing the ladder.
I will also say I have very little confidence, yet bluffing my way into a job has been fairly easy, just say the right thing, don't flat out lie, infact I've even told them answers they don't want to hear, if I don't know something I don't say this for example
"GEE WIZZ SIR, I'M A HARD LEARNER AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT QUICK"
nor do I say, with hesitation and uncertainty
"Sure,... yeah I've dabbled with that, I know it yep, not a problem" (clearly lying)
I would actually answer with this.
"Well look, I'd rather be honest with you, sadly I've never used product X but as far as I know it's mail/database/internet/web package and I do have experience with product Y, I'd be confident in saying I have very good fundamentals in IT and an analytical mind, I'm quite confident I can figure it out quite quickly without a problem, the majority of these mail/database/internet/web packages all follow the same kind of logic, also happy to do some research too if you like"
That's just one example but it's a straightforward answer like that where you're honest but confident you can do something because you're NOT a dipshit and bingo, you've got a job.
For reference, I've got over 75% of the jobs I've interviewed for and I'm in no way an extrovert social party guy who everyone loves.
Hope this helps.
This post is absolotuely and utterly correct, the suit completely and utterly makes that game, it takes it from a regular first person shooter in a jungle to all different kind of games.
In harder difficulties it's substantially more fun too as it becomes a challenge and the suit continues to help.
I rarely finish games nowadays and I've finished Crysis twice already and just started Warhead - good stuff.
Sadly the online for Warhead (Crysis Wars) is a bit 'spammy' playing much like regular DM games, you don't get to use the suit much.
Yes, there was a point where you could find the "Bob Hope has died" page on CNN several weeks before he died (may be another person)
There was several others too, George Bush Snr and well I can't remember but a few.
Now now now what??
Oblivion may have been MORE fun with mods to the levelling system but claiming it's not 'remotely enjoyable' and 'horribly flawed' is a bit much I think.
Many games are better with mods yes but then again many are worse once mod'd.
You have to ask yourself, what do you want the game, do you want it easier, harder, longer, shorter, do you want to play it effectively forever or do you want a linear single player experience.
Do you like the actual gameplay itself or would you prefer it to actually play differently, etc?
Not releasing the mod tools initially for Fallout 3 will result in almost no loss of sales at all, infact the quicker they get it out the better, due to the US Christmas rush on games where from October to Jan they pump out game upon game upon game and not just crappy ones, avoiding being dead in the middle of this, is a smart thing.