... or for people who find directories a frightening concept and break out in a cold sweat when they hear of the ls, rm and cd commands. Good thing its free, who the hell would pay for this sort of thing?
> For example, the 3D space combat in Wing Commander (1990) is based entirely around smooth scaling and rotation of sprites in real time
On which platform? AFAIK only the Amiga had any fancy hardware based tricks.
>PC gamers were enjoying titles like Wolfenstein 3D
Well so what? A PC isn't home computer in the traditional sense. I could easily mention an SGI graphics demo I went to in 1992 that demonstrated some hi end graphics that weren't bettered by a PC until a few years ago.
In the 80s and early 90s it was possible for one person to code a game that could sell commercially (as opposed to just as freeware) in big numbers. Which meant that amongst the reams of dross you got the occasional gem of inspired lateral thinking gameplay that could never have come from a 20 man committee which seems to be behind all the games today.
People expect amazing graphics these days and this means its simply not possible for one person (or even 2 or 3) to write a killer commercial game since no matter how good the gameplay , buyers won't touch it if it doesn't match up to the lates Duke Nukem, Gotham Racer etc.
Not completely true. Most consoles have some dedicated hardware to do some pretty nifty effects that would be almost impossible on a home computer of the day. Eg the SNES had sprite scaling and rotation and perspective that could all be done in real time. Try doing that on a Spectrum. The only home computer AFAIK than could do the same was the Amiga.
Game play in some senses has gone backwards. I can't think of any straight shoot-em-ups today that require anything close to the quick reactions and finger dexterity of a game such as Defender.
They were so taken up by what could be done that they didn't stop to think if it should be done.
Also there seems to be a culture at MS (from an outside coders point of view) of We Can Do No Wrong and any idea no matter how crap will be praised if it seems bleeding edge and cool (which autorun probably did 15 years ago).
Is this possible to do? Is someone trying to do it? Because if someone managed it it would be far better than windows on a mac (cheaper hardware).
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Yeah , you're right. I was thinking of su. Doh.
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Ultimately all sudo means is that a cracker has to know 2 passwords to gain access to root on your system if root itself is disabled - a user password and the root password. If they cracker has already somehow cracked the root password then I doubt they'll have much trouble with a user password which are usually far less secure.
When a phone is off all that happens is it polls the on button. It doesn't communicate with base stations at all since to do so would waste the battery which would defeat the whole point of it being off!
"Oh all the Muslim-bashers and Islamophobes are going to come out of the woodwork."
How many people have to die in terrorist acts, how many women have to be beaten or stoned according to Sharia law , how many authors and cartoonists have to be threatened , how many countries flags have to be burned , how many of all of these things have to happen before right-on apologisers like you actually find the sorry remains of your rational brain and admit that there is a problem with Islam?
Oh right. So cos you have vonage service that means VoIP is close to 100% usage? Not that you're insular or anything but newflash dickhead, theres a whole world outside the USA where there is no Vonage or anything like it. Skype? No thanks. Incidentaly , next time you visit , say, an african village (africa , big continent, look it up) ask them why they don't even have a phone , never mind broadband and technomasturbatory toys like a wi-fi VoIP phone.
>landlines are for losers.
Yeah , course they are sonny. Who needs a simple cheap analogue audio amp to use as a phone which gives good sound quality and uses fuck all electricity when they can use a power sucking, complex PC-in-disguise just waiting to be hacked after the first released exploit.
Sorry mate , but VoIP is for losers who are only interested in technology for its own sake and need to get a life.
Not sure what universe you're living in but out of all the people I know only 1 uses VoIP at all and even then only when he can be bothered (easier to pick up a phone than wait for PC to boot and all the associated bollocks that goes with it). Sure , VoIP might be becoming popular in internal corporate LANS but thats about it so far.
True , but if most of your game is going to be written in highly optimised C with a few dozen lines of perl wrapper, why bother with Perl in the first place?
>obviousness. Your pride may be hurt, but there's no need to start >calling names.
Nothing to do with pride. I do a harmless post and along comes one of the standard issue slashdot yaboosucks crowd who do nothing except make failed attempts at putting down others because they think they're being standoffishly intellectual. Its a bit sad.
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"some lame coder wants to make some useless changes "
And now , the history of OpenBSD....
... or for people who find directories a frightening concept and
break out in a cold sweat when they hear of the ls, rm and cd commands.
Good thing its free, who the hell would pay for this sort of thing?
Yeah , mod me down , see if I care.
7 Different holding systems? You're a real model fucking citizen arn't you.
If a PC was a home computer then so was an SGI Onyx since both
could be bought by someone with enough money. WHich makes the
whole argument moot.
Looks good. Heres my version of Defender:
http://www.ogham.demon.co.uk/zips/def104.tgz
It still has a few quirks I don't like but generally I
reckon is a reasonably faithful version.
> For example, the 3D space combat in Wing Commander (1990) is based entirely around smooth scaling and rotation of sprites in real time
On which platform? AFAIK only the Amiga had any fancy hardware based
tricks.
>PC gamers were enjoying titles like Wolfenstein 3D
Well so what? A PC isn't home computer in the traditional sense. I
could easily mention an SGI graphics demo I went to in 1992 that
demonstrated some hi end graphics that weren't bettered by a PC until
a few years ago.
Who cares. I don't spend my time checking out what are
this weeks latest games , I have a life. Sue me.
In the 80s and early 90s it was possible for one person to
code a game that could sell commercially (as opposed to just
as freeware) in big numbers. Which meant that amongst the
reams of dross you got the occasional gem of inspired lateral
thinking gameplay that could never have come from a 20 man
committee which seems to be behind all the games today.
People expect amazing graphics these days and this means
its simply not possible for one person (or even 2 or 3) to
write a killer commercial game since no matter how good
the gameplay , buyers won't touch it if it doesn't match up
to the lates Duke Nukem, Gotham Racer etc.
Which IMO is a real shame.
Not completely true. Most consoles have some dedicated hardware to do some pretty nifty effects that would be
almost impossible on a home computer of the day. Eg the
SNES had sprite scaling and rotation and perspective that
could all be done in real time. Try doing that on a Spectrum.
The only home computer AFAIK than could do the same was the
Amiga.
Game play in some senses has gone backwards. I can't think of
any straight shoot-em-ups today that require anything close
to the quick reactions and finger dexterity of a game such as
Defender.
To paraphrase a well know film line:
They were so taken up by what could be done that they didn't
stop to think if it should be done.
Also there seems to be a culture at MS (from an outside coders
point of view) of We Can Do No Wrong and any idea no matter
how crap will be praised if it seems bleeding edge and cool
(which autorun probably did 15 years ago).
Is this possible to do? Is someone trying to do it? Because
if someone managed it it would be far better than windows
on a mac (cheaper hardware).
Yeah , you're right. I was thinking of su. Doh.
Ultimately all sudo means is that a cracker has to know
2 passwords to gain access to root on your system if root
itself is disabled - a user password and the root password.
If they cracker has already somehow cracked the root password
then I doubt they'll have much trouble with a user password
which are usually far less secure.
By the time we can write AI programs sophisticated enough to do what
you suggest, the rovers will be long expired.
I was talking about new stuff. Not displays a couple of
inches bigger than the competition.
When a phone is off all that happens is it polls the on button.
It doesn't communicate with base stations at all since to do so
would waste the battery which would defeat the whole point of
it being off!
Samsung? Innovative?? Name one thing they were first to market
with.
I'm waiting...
... is just the final implosion of the Star Trek franchise.
"Oh all the Muslim-bashers and Islamophobes are going to come out of the woodwork."
How many people have to die in terrorist acts, how many women have to
be beaten or stoned according to Sharia law , how many authors and
cartoonists have to be threatened , how many countries flags have to
be burned , how many of all of these things have to happen before
right-on apologisers like you actually find the sorry remains of
your rational brain and admit that there is a problem with Islam?
Oh right. So cos you have vonage service that means VoIP
is close to 100% usage? Not that you're insular or anything
but newflash dickhead, theres a whole world outside the USA
where there is no Vonage or anything like it. Skype? No
thanks. Incidentaly , next time you visit , say, an african
village (africa , big continent, look it up) ask them why
they don't even have a phone , never mind broadband and
technomasturbatory toys like a wi-fi VoIP phone.
>landlines are for losers.
Yeah , course they are sonny. Who needs a simple cheap analogue audio amp to use as a phone which gives good
sound quality and uses fuck all electricity when they can use a power sucking, complex PC-in-disguise just waiting to be
hacked after the first released exploit.
Sorry mate , but VoIP is for losers who are only interested
in technology for its own sake and need to get a life.
Not sure what universe you're living in but out of all the
people I know only 1 uses VoIP at all and even then only
when he can be bothered (easier to pick up a phone than
wait for PC to boot and all the associated bollocks that
goes with it). Sure , VoIP might be becoming popular in
internal corporate LANS but thats about it so far.
I don't need or care about karma. Not everyone who posts here
is a 13 years old or thinks like one. You were just being an
arsehole.
True , but if most of your game is going to be written in
highly optimised C with a few dozen lines of perl wrapper, why
bother with Perl in the first place?
>obviousness. Your pride may be hurt, but there's no need to start >calling names.
Nothing to do with pride. I do a harmless post and along comes
one of the standard issue slashdot yaboosucks crowd who do
nothing except make failed attempts at putting down others
because they think they're being standoffishly intellectual.
Its a bit sad.
>By the way, the tone of your reply is sarcastic.
One step up from his then.