In my opinion, the best we Mac users can hope for with mainstream games in the near future is shorter porting time with the switch to Intel processors looming.
I don't want to make anyone sound stupid... but the switch to intel wont affect port times directly. The OS is what takes time to deal with, not the instruction set.
But the largest reason usually has had to do with the size of the Mac market.
What about the fact that most of the computers Apple ships come with a GeForce 5200 (iMac), Radeon 9200 (Mac Mini), or have crappy ATi laptop cards (iBook/PB) and are NOT UPGRADABLE? Not to mention the low RAM that comes standard.
Sure, they ship the G5s with good cards.. sometimes.. but I dropped $3 grand to get my DP 2.5 with a 6800 Ultra in it.
So blame the market all you want, I'm sure that's a good portion of it. However, if those MacIntels use stanard PC gaming cards, I'm willing to wager an upswing in Mac gaming.
Ashcroft had the Spirit of Justice statue covered up because of a boobie for example which also costed $8000 for the curtain at tax payers expense.
Surely there are better examples of censorship among Republicans. Maybe the flag-burning ammendment thing? Or maybe McCain's desire to censor the internet (as an Arizonan, I apologize for this man).
Democrats call themselves "the party of free speech," but they enact legislation like sexual harassment laws and the hate crimes law which effectively hinder free speech (whether you like it or not). Not to mention the grandfather post about video game and internet censorship brought to the forefront by Hillary and Joseph "Stalin" Leiberman.
I do agree with your premise though:
I think it's fair to say both the Democrats and the Republicans are at the forefront of censorship.
If it's DRM'ed 9 ways from Sunday then I maybe wouldn't.
Agreed. I've used macs for about 18 years now (since I was 3), but I will not buy an x86 mac if it's going to participate in the upcoming DRM nightmare that awaits PC users.
Other than that, I'm pleased Apple's switching. Maybe we can get some cheaper 3rd party stuff like video cards. I still remember paying $150 for a Voodoo2 when the Voodoo3 3000 came out, not to mention the years of the ATi clusterfsck.
Not to mention, I've said for years x86 chips were faster than Apple's products. Apparently, the recent benchmarks of the test Macs agree...
Not really, but for some reason a lot of politicians think that they can, or at least substitue legislation for the necessity of parenting.
I find it funny that whenever republicans do this, everyone starts talking about "THE RADICAL RIGHT," but when democrats lead the way, it's all about "the government" or "politicians" in general.
It works the same way with gun control: when republicans do it, it's "big government," when democrats do it, it's "the liberal's" fault.
It's so confusing, that's why I can't vote for either of those two parties.
I found the games ran far too long, and though there were a wide range of units, combined arms were usually inferior to just building large quantities of 2 or 3 units.
C&C Generals had far shorter games with better incentive to build a few of most of the units you were capable of building.
The only reason I'm posting this short review is because many view TA 1 to be the best RTS ever made. My point is that it's all a matter of what you value most: huge waves of units and really really fast clicking or actual strategy.
You have a naive daughter (who let her iPod get stolen)
I agree but I'll keep it on topic: The best way to prevent theft is to sit her down and tell her to be more careful!
If you think about it, a couple days for orientation is a very short period of time for something to get stolen. Hopefully this iPod thing will get her head straight.
It's all dependent on which stage of the energy cycle you focus on. Imagine the amount of efficiency in coal energy:
1) Sun feeds plant production (very inefficient) 2) plants die, form coal 3) Coal is burned (again, very inefficient) 4) Heat from coal boils water, powers turbines (Oh you'd better believe that's inefficient) 5) electricity from turbines goes into power grid to homes (lots of loss there) 6) electricity powers computer (inefficient) belonging to slashdot reader at work (inefficient)
Besides, as far as efficiency is concerned, solar might be better than gasoline.. doesn't make it cheaper though.
On a side note, the title should read "The Strange Energy Economics of Ethanol Production."
[What] You mean that health care is free in Canada? I always assumed that is was paid for by taxes, presumably on those same corporations that would be paying for health insurance in the US.
Quiet you, everyone loves socialism but the people in the countries who live under it. Mmm.. tastes like 9%+ unemployment rate.
Slashdot previously covered the black-and-blue strike
That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Over unionization, law suits, and labor laws which serve no purpose but to make law suits more effective are the reasons they are moving out of the US.
Canada is particularly popular, though the wages there are often higher. Does anyone actually think they treat their canadian employees worse?
Life's not that simple. For every person ripping off the unemployment system there are 9 others who actually need it.
Yeah, too bad the 1 person ripping off the program are probably, on average, taking much, much more out of the system than the 9 people who "need" it.
Economics dictates that people would "need" these programs less if they didn't exist--meaning that people would rely more on savings. It shows a general distrust in the people's collective judgement to dock their pay and use it to pay people who have lost their jobs.
Imagine if you saved all that money you pay in unemployment taxes and had THAT for a rainy day. Considering the fraud and the fact that these programs still aren't bankrupt, it WOULD be more efficient.
Regardless, ALL payroll taxes affect wages and are effectively a burden on the labor market. So essentially, once you lose your job, unemployment taxation actually REDUCES the opportunity to get a new job! Solve a problem by creating a new one: it's the American way.
Finally, as an added nugget of useful information, just because "the employer" pays part of your payroll taxes doesn't mean that it doesn't affect you. Economics dictates that the burden of taxation on a market has nothing to do with who sends the check to the gov't, but what the supply and demand curves look like. This means that if you JUST increased payroll taxes on the employer's end, it would STILL lower wages for the employees. Therefore, SS taxes (another payroll tax) are NOT 6.2% but 12.4%.
Not to sound like a jerk or anything.. ok maybe a little, but why should everyone else have to have their theater experience compromised just to accomidate you? What about blind people? Should the theaters have headphones with a narrator describing what's going on for each movie?
Maybe there should be theaters with captions, but asking them all to do it is like asking Ford to put handicap controls on the steering wheels of all their cars.
With Obesity becoming a disease, are we to widen the seats as well?
I was wheelchair-bound for a few months and I had to live without doing my favorite things. It sucked, but I wasn't going to sue Guitar Center for not having wide enough walkways, or sue the bike company for not putting hand-cranks on regular bicycles.
Subtitles light up the whole theater and are really distracting. Considering that 99.9% of people who go to movies can hear (with or without an aid), I'd say that's the breaks. Some things just aren't fair, we all have our own battles to overcome, and, quite frankly being deaf is not the worst of them.
Perhaps for important stories, like many Jason Blair wrote, there should be a list of sources (sans anon) like in a research paper.
Or maybe have a second journalist look at the same information (or get more) and verify the story is factual.
The fact is, the publisher is the one at fault for providing a medium to spew libelous crap. I should hope they do more to cover their ass than CBS did with Dan Rather or NYT did with Blair.
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In my opinion, the best we Mac users can hope for with mainstream games in the near future is shorter porting time with the switch to Intel processors looming.
I don't want to make anyone sound stupid... but the switch to intel wont affect port times directly. The OS is what takes time to deal with, not the instruction set.
But the largest reason usually has had to do with the size of the Mac market.
What about the fact that most of the computers Apple ships come with a GeForce 5200 (iMac), Radeon 9200 (Mac Mini), or have crappy ATi laptop cards (iBook/PB) and are NOT UPGRADABLE? Not to mention the low RAM that comes standard.
Sure, they ship the G5s with good cards.. sometimes.. but I dropped $3 grand to get my DP 2.5 with a 6800 Ultra in it.
So blame the market all you want, I'm sure that's a good portion of it. However, if those MacIntels use stanard PC gaming cards, I'm willing to wager an upswing in Mac gaming.
PK'ing banned in Peiking!
Funny that a country that a country that kills demonstrators would have such a problem with virtual killing.
Ashcroft had the Spirit of Justice statue covered up because of a boobie for example which also costed $8000 for the curtain at tax payers expense.
Surely there are better examples of censorship among Republicans. Maybe the flag-burning ammendment thing? Or maybe McCain's desire to censor the internet (as an Arizonan, I apologize for this man).
Democrats call themselves "the party of free speech," but they enact legislation like sexual harassment laws and the hate crimes law which effectively hinder free speech (whether you like it or not). Not to mention the grandfather post about video game and internet censorship brought to the forefront by Hillary and Joseph "Stalin" Leiberman.
I do agree with your premise though:
I think it's fair to say both the Democrats and the Republicans are at the forefront of censorship.
This is why I don't vote for either party.
but then I saw this.
Orgasm Uses Solar Energy to Produce Hydrogen
Giving sex on the beach an environmental overtone, I suppose.
Where is my mind today?
If it's DRM'ed 9 ways from Sunday then I maybe wouldn't.
Agreed. I've used macs for about 18 years now (since I was 3), but I will not buy an x86 mac if it's going to participate in the upcoming DRM nightmare that awaits PC users.
Other than that, I'm pleased Apple's switching. Maybe we can get some cheaper 3rd party stuff like video cards. I still remember paying $150 for a Voodoo2 when the Voodoo3 3000 came out, not to mention the years of the ATi clusterfsck.
Not to mention, I've said for years x86 chips were faster than Apple's products. Apparently, the recent benchmarks of the test Macs agree...
... skynet.
Minimum wages are so low and without a wellfare state, some people have to work two jobs just to get by.
I'd take that over a 9-13% unemployment rate as found in France, Germany, Canada, Italy... need I go on?
I'd also like to point out that on average, Americans pay more in taxes than Canadians (in gross).
Not really, but for some reason a lot of politicians think that they can, or at least substitue legislation for the necessity of parenting.
I find it funny that whenever republicans do this, everyone starts talking about "THE RADICAL RIGHT," but when democrats lead the way, it's all about "the government" or "politicians" in general.
It works the same way with gun control: when republicans do it, it's "big government," when democrats do it, it's "the liberal's" fault.
It's so confusing, that's why I can't vote for either of those two parties.
This is the Xinhua News Agency which according to wikipedia "reports directly to the Communist Party's Propoganda Department".
I for one trust state-controlled media. Nothing false ever came out of Pravda, right?
if you had the time.
I found the games ran far too long, and though there were a wide range of units, combined arms were usually inferior to just building large quantities of 2 or 3 units.
C&C Generals had far shorter games with better incentive to build a few of most of the units you were capable of building.
The only reason I'm posting this short review is because many view TA 1 to be the best RTS ever made. My point is that it's all a matter of what you value most: huge waves of units and really really fast clicking or actual strategy.
You have a naive daughter (who let her iPod get stolen)
I agree but I'll keep it on topic: The best way to prevent theft is to sit her down and tell her to be more careful!
If you think about it, a couple days for orientation is a very short period of time for something to get stolen. Hopefully this iPod thing will get her head straight.
It's all dependent on which stage of the energy cycle you focus on. Imagine the amount of efficiency in coal energy:
1) Sun feeds plant production (very inefficient)
2) plants die, form coal
3) Coal is burned (again, very inefficient)
4) Heat from coal boils water, powers turbines (Oh you'd better believe that's inefficient)
5) electricity from turbines goes into power grid to homes (lots of loss there)
6) electricity powers computer (inefficient) belonging to slashdot reader at work (inefficient)
Besides, as far as efficiency is concerned, solar might be better than gasoline.. doesn't make it cheaper though.
On a side note, the title should read "The Strange Energy Economics of Ethanol Production."
I once applied for a job working with RIM. On the application it asked for "tongue length".. I don't think I've ever run so fast in my life.
4) This piece of crap made it to G4 and Slashdot in the same week? Is this because Americans are stupid or has everyone just devolved recently?
Ugh I know the feeling. The other day my brother turned into some sort of marmot.
[What] You mean that health care is free in Canada? I always assumed that is was paid for by taxes, presumably on those same corporations that would be paying for health insurance in the US.
Quiet you, everyone loves socialism but the people in the countries who live under it. Mmm.. tastes like 9%+ unemployment rate.
yeah, what he said!
Slashdot previously covered the black-and-blue strike
That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Over unionization, law suits, and labor laws which serve no purpose but to make law suits more effective are the reasons they are moving out of the US.
Canada is particularly popular, though the wages there are often higher. Does anyone actually think they treat their canadian employees worse?
Life's not that simple. For every person ripping off the unemployment system there are 9 others who actually need it.
Yeah, too bad the 1 person ripping off the program are probably, on average, taking much, much more out of the system than the 9 people who "need" it.
Economics dictates that people would "need" these programs less if they didn't exist--meaning that people would rely more on savings. It shows a general distrust in the people's collective judgement to dock their pay and use it to pay people who have lost their jobs.
Imagine if you saved all that money you pay in unemployment taxes and had THAT for a rainy day. Considering the fraud and the fact that these programs still aren't bankrupt, it WOULD be more efficient.
Regardless, ALL payroll taxes affect wages and are effectively a burden on the labor market. So essentially, once you lose your job, unemployment taxation actually REDUCES the opportunity to get a new job! Solve a problem by creating a new one: it's the American way.
Finally, as an added nugget of useful information, just because "the employer" pays part of your payroll taxes doesn't mean that it doesn't affect you. Economics dictates that the burden of taxation on a market has nothing to do with who sends the check to the gov't, but what the supply and demand curves look like. This means that if you JUST increased payroll taxes on the employer's end, it would STILL lower wages for the employees. Therefore, SS taxes (another payroll tax) are NOT 6.2% but 12.4%.
This is, I feel, a valid reason to bring suit.
Not to sound like a jerk or anything.. ok maybe a little, but why should everyone else have to have their theater experience compromised just to accomidate you? What about blind people? Should the theaters have headphones with a narrator describing what's going on for each movie?
Maybe there should be theaters with captions, but asking them all to do it is like asking Ford to put handicap controls on the steering wheels of all their cars.
With Obesity becoming a disease, are we to widen the seats as well?
I was wheelchair-bound for a few months and I had to live without doing my favorite things. It sucked, but I wasn't going to sue Guitar Center for not having wide enough walkways, or sue the bike company for not putting hand-cranks on regular bicycles.
Subtitles light up the whole theater and are really distracting. Considering that 99.9% of people who go to movies can hear (with or without an aid), I'd say that's the breaks. Some things just aren't fair, we all have our own battles to overcome, and, quite frankly being deaf is not the worst of them.
Try Logitech's site if you want a mirror/pictures.
To produce Extremely Large Shark?
No, just a shark with an extremely large head.
Perhaps for important stories, like many Jason Blair wrote, there should be a list of sources (sans anon) like in a research paper.
Or maybe have a second journalist look at the same information (or get more) and verify the story is factual.
The fact is, the publisher is the one at fault for providing a medium to spew libelous crap. I should hope they do more to cover their ass than CBS did with Dan Rather or NYT did with Blair.
More happened in HL2 in 13 hours than happened in doom 3 in 20 hours.