1. Yes they do. Your mindless fan-boi act doesn't change the facts.
2. Of course it is: or are you saying "Virindi" (sic) put a gun to their heads?
3. And I care about your system why exactly?
Firstly releasing a game that takes 3 hours to install and get running, and requires you to re-install practically every driver on your system. In contrast Doom3 ran smoothly out of the box.
Secondly in intrusive copy protection: CD Key *and* online authentication every time you play *and* you still have to keep the DVD in the drive.
Bugs. Doom3 never stuttered, it ran first time and it never crashed to the Desktop. HL2 does all 3.
After the HL2 bug ridden POS that installs Steam and insists I authenticate with their servers AND use a CD key AND have my DVD inserted. And the dumb fucks can't even keep their servers up, nor deal with bugs which must have been obvious long before release (stutter and simple start up bugs and corrup install files).
They could come with an integrated smart card reader, that way you could insert your national identity card and have your 'phone automatically grass you up if you do anything the government (gubmint in the US?) says you shouldn't.
So if (insert your favourite group here) releases a new CD and copy protects the crap out of it to the point that some CD players won't play it that's OK, but if (insert some group you don't like) does the same it isn't?
Has anyone ever told you you're an idiot? Bet it happens all the time.
Not in Java they aren't. They are by definition part of J2EE: although a J2EE server doesn't have to implement the full spec' (eg Tomcat) which may be causing your confusion?
Just curious, how is a posting that says "nice review, I'm going to buy the game now" +5 Interesting? I find more interest in my handkerchief when I've got a heavy cold.
Anyone else wondered whether Valve hired Catbert to add the finishing touches, you know like the annoying squads, the level loads in the middle of fire fights etc etc?
LOL you heard wrong. In HL2 the scientist is now a hero of the rebellion, not a space marine. Oh, and the police is sent in to kill everyone who's a rebel (you). That's about it though.
Most missions you have no idea what you're doing except following the extremely linear levels: literally I just blunder ahead knowing that eventually something will turn up for me to kill. Even the "save-the-black-doctor-who's-my-old-friend" mission in Nova Prospect is a "blast everything and let the NPCs move the plot forward" kind of mission. Although the sentry guns there are great: best characters in the whole game in my opinion: I actually cared when they get knocked over. (In comparison, the squads the game kept foisting on me in the next mission I deliberately fed to any sentry guns I found: anyone else find them a fucking annoyance? JUST DIE FFS!)
That's not to say I'm not enjoying it: it's just a shame Valve seems to have gone out of their way to try and spoil that enjoyment. It's almost as if they had a group whose sole job was to think up ways to really piss off their customer: ooh! ooh! I know: make them load levels every 5 minutes right in the middle of a fire fight! (Perhaps they hired Catbert for the job?)
I don't believe either of your statements about Jesus in your sig is true. I'm not a believer but I don't think you could call him either a liberal (he was pretty conservative when it came to religion: kicking the money changers out of the temple) nor conservative for the same reason, let's face it a conservative would have simply given them tax breaks to help their business.
What hacks me off about HL2, besides all the bugs that is, is the fact that after making you install all the crap off the DVD and authenticate using a cd key and using Steam the steam pile of shit still insists on you having the DVD inserted.
How is it when record companies try considerably less Draconian anti-copy systems (the borked CDs from Sony for instance) slashdotters are up in arms: but when Valve comes up with a control system that would make Joe Staling blush you clamber over each other to get stuck up the arse by them?
Yeah I know, flamebait: but I'm right (and have Karma to burn).
That's not quite true. You get loading screens moving between major areas (for example taking the tram from Ironforge to Stormthing, the human capital) and similar big changes. But yes, overall the lack of loading screens in WOW was very nice.
No, not at all. EJBs don't strip Java of threads; they make it easier to write them correctly.
Programmtic threading is specifically disallowed by the EJB spec: your EJB will not deploy if it contains any thread management: how is that not stripping threads out of Java?
All this is obvious to people who have actually studied these languages and evaluated them in an open-minded way. Only people who don't really know anything besides Java and those who have been brainwashed by the hype machine that think otherwise.
Ah yes, the standard "if you don't agree with me you don't know what you're talking about" argument. Try pulling your head of your arse.
You want to knock together a simple web site (eg Slashdot or a simple eCommerce site) then go for your "Ps". If you want to do anything more sophisticated then you would be insane to use PHP or Perl.
And, of course, if you don't agree with me then you must be wrong:-P
EJBs are designed for interaction across computers.
Funny, I thought EJBs were designed to strip Java of it's best bits: inheritance and threads and bloat the development process so that it was impossible to get anything done without using an expensive, vendor provided, development tool.
Personally I think you're wrong. J2EE is great if you need the features it supports: JMS, distributed transactions, database connection pooling, jsp/servlets etc etc.
Now if you'd said "EJB", which is only a part of J2EE: and by far its worst part, then I'd have agreed with you. EJB is the epitome of what happens when something is designed by committee.
You do realise that J2EE is not a synonym for EJB don't you? And that xdoclet is one of the worst villains when it comes to meta-data hell?
Do yourself a favour, stick with J2EE, dump that p-o-s EJB and use Hibernate and Spring and you'll do fine: and be amazed how much you can achieve if you don't tie yourself to the EJB dead horse. Seriously: you'll thank me.
I started off using my iPod with a PC and I always found FW support on the PC to be very hit and miss. Both the cards and the drivers seem vary flakey: I guess a result of FW only really gaining any popularity on the PC since Apple released iTunes for Windows.
Are the other devices you use succesfully with FW powered externally or via the FW cable? If they are externally powered then I'd suspect your FW card can't handle the current drain of the iPod.
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And thus, gentle reader, is a fanboi born.
African or European?
Oh someone please mod the parent up +1 Funny: I've never had such a good laugh!
pretentious, ignorant and arrogant all in one tasty little posting. Are you by any chance in marketing?
Programming also refers to the collection of programs that make up a channels output. It's really more media-speak than every day English.
1. Yes they do. Your mindless fan-boi act doesn't change the facts. 2. Of course it is: or are you saying "Virindi" (sic) put a gun to their heads? 3. And I care about your system why exactly?
Valve is way ahead of Id in two regards:
Firstly releasing a game that takes 3 hours to install and get running, and requires you to re-install practically every driver on your system. In contrast Doom3 ran smoothly out of the box.
Secondly in intrusive copy protection: CD Key *and* online authentication every time you play *and* you still have to keep the DVD in the drive.
Bugs. Doom3 never stuttered, it ran first time and it never crashed to the Desktop. HL2 does all 3.
Nah, ID no and Valve: Hell NO!
After the HL2 bug ridden POS that installs Steam and insists I authenticate with their servers AND use a CD key AND have my DVD inserted. And the dumb fucks can't even keep their servers up, nor deal with bugs which must have been obvious long before release (stutter and simple start up bugs and corrup install files).
Wow I've yet to see a post that missed the point by such a margin.
Here's a hint: what's the fuel consumption like on the cars you proposed?
They could come with an integrated smart card reader, that way you could insert your national identity card and have your 'phone automatically grass you up if you do anything the government (gubmint in the US?) says you shouldn't.
So if (insert your favourite group here) releases a new CD and copy protects the crap out of it to the point that some CD players won't play it that's OK, but if (insert some group you don't like) does the same it isn't?
Has anyone ever told you you're an idiot? Bet it happens all the time.
That Apple could be mentioned in an article and there not be a reference to "iPod" or "iPod killers"?!?
My world has turned upside down.
Bullys don't take on countries that can and will fight back.
Not in Java they aren't. They are by definition part of J2EE: although a J2EE server doesn't have to implement the full spec' (eg Tomcat) which may be causing your confusion?
Just curious, how is a posting that says "nice review, I'm going to buy the game now" +5 Interesting? I find more interest in my handkerchief when I've got a heavy cold.
Anyone else wondered whether Valve hired Catbert to add the finishing touches, you know like the annoying squads, the level loads in the middle of fire fights etc etc?
LOL you heard wrong. In HL2 the scientist is now a hero of the rebellion, not a space marine. Oh, and the police is sent in to kill everyone who's a rebel (you). That's about it though.
Most missions you have no idea what you're doing except following the extremely linear levels: literally I just blunder ahead knowing that eventually something will turn up for me to kill. Even the "save-the-black-doctor-who's-my-old-friend" mission in Nova Prospect is a "blast everything and let the NPCs move the plot forward" kind of mission. Although the sentry guns there are great: best characters in the whole game in my opinion: I actually cared when they get knocked over. (In comparison, the squads the game kept foisting on me in the next mission I deliberately fed to any sentry guns I found: anyone else find them a fucking annoyance? JUST DIE FFS!)
That's not to say I'm not enjoying it: it's just a shame Valve seems to have gone out of their way to try and spoil that enjoyment. It's almost as if they had a group whose sole job was to think up ways to really piss off their customer: ooh! ooh! I know: make them load levels every 5 minutes right in the middle of a fire fight! (Perhaps they hired Catbert for the job?)
I don't believe either of your statements about Jesus in your sig is true. I'm not a believer but I don't think you could call him either a liberal (he was pretty conservative when it came to religion: kicking the money changers out of the temple) nor conservative for the same reason, let's face it a conservative would have simply given them tax breaks to help their business.
What hacks me off about HL2, besides all the bugs that is, is the fact that after making you install all the crap off the DVD and authenticate using a cd key and using Steam the steam pile of shit still insists on you having the DVD inserted.
How is it when record companies try considerably less Draconian anti-copy systems (the borked CDs from Sony for instance) slashdotters are up in arms: but when Valve comes up with a control system that would make Joe Staling blush you clamber over each other to get stuck up the arse by them?
Yeah I know, flamebait: but I'm right (and have Karma to burn).
That's not quite true. You get loading screens moving between major areas (for example taking the tram from Ironforge to Stormthing, the human capital) and similar big changes. But yes, overall the lack of loading screens in WOW was very nice.
Programmtic threading is specifically disallowed by the EJB spec: your EJB will not deploy if it contains any thread management: how is that not stripping threads out of Java?
Ah yes, the standard "if you don't agree with me you don't know what you're talking about" argument. Try pulling your head of your arse.
You want to knock together a simple web site (eg Slashdot or a simple eCommerce site) then go for your "Ps". If you want to do anything more sophisticated then you would be insane to use PHP or Perl.
And, of course, if you don't agree with me then you must be wrong :-P
Funny, I thought EJBs were designed to strip Java of it's best bits: inheritance and threads and bloat the development process so that it was impossible to get anything done without using an expensive, vendor provided, development tool.
Personally I think you're wrong. J2EE is great if you need the features it supports: JMS, distributed transactions, database connection pooling, jsp/servlets etc etc.
Now if you'd said "EJB", which is only a part of J2EE: and by far its worst part, then I'd have agreed with you. EJB is the epitome of what happens when something is designed by committee.
You do realise that J2EE is not a synonym for EJB don't you? And that xdoclet is one of the worst villains when it comes to meta-data hell?
Do yourself a favour, stick with J2EE, dump that p-o-s EJB and use Hibernate and Spring and you'll do fine: and be amazed how much you can achieve if you don't tie yourself to the EJB dead horse. Seriously: you'll thank me.
I started off using my iPod with a PC and I always found FW support on the PC to be very hit and miss. Both the cards and the drivers seem vary flakey: I guess a result of FW only really gaining any popularity on the PC since Apple released iTunes for Windows.
Are the other devices you use succesfully with FW powered externally or via the FW cable? If they are externally powered then I'd suspect your FW card can't handle the current drain of the iPod.