All this can do (at least, in the short term) is push big-name game budgets ever more skyward, pricing the independent developers further and further out of the arena.
It's getting ridiculously expensive to develop a vaguely "competitive" game for the mainstream market on a non-mobile platform.
"Manual Removal Look for the following registry keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\R un \Generic Service Process HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe rsion\Run Services\Generic Service Process
The associated binary may be srvhost.exe, svrhost.exe or a variation of the same. Kill the associated process in the Task Manager, then remove the "Generic Service Process" registry key. Remove the executable from the Windows system directory."
"People write emulators just because they can. Do you think there is any "demand" for an emulator for the Amstrad CPC?"
Hey, don't knock the Amstrad CPC:-)
I owned one as a kid (before selling it to get some money towards a Commodore Amiga), and enjoyed many years of 2.99GBP ports of Spectrum games...
Years later I was delighted when I found a working emulator for the PC and a huge archive of CPC games. And if I hadn't found one, I'm sure I would have demanded/written one eventually!
"[...] something that most geeks should have known they were crappy at when the prettiest girls went to the fast-talking football players. [...] Tech ability is becoming a cheap commodity. That is life in the new mellenium. The sun is setting on us geeks and there are fewer and fewer escapes."
God damn, that was depressing reading.
Ignore him, fellow Slashdotters! Cling to the illusion that we're still useful and special people:-D
>> Most importantly, does it support Expanded and Extended memory? > I *believe* it comes with a free DOS extender, so yes. It certainly has support for several (once-)common ones.
From the Open Watcom site:
"Free DOS extenders included! Open Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN includes a number of royalty free and Open Source DOS extenders right out of the box. Thanks to Tenberry Software's gracious donation, the original DOS/4GW DOS extender from Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN is included royalty free with the Open Watcom compilers. Also included is the now free CauseWay DOS extender developed by Michael Devore. Both binaries are included as well as complete source code in the source archives. Finally we have also included the free PMODE/W and DOS/32A DOS extenders as part of the package."
Seriously though, I think that as new generations are increasingly accustomed to reading stuff on a screen, perhaps today's teenage MSN junkies will be tomorrow's book pirates? That is, if reading survives as a pastime against competition from trashy, lowest-common-denominator TV and (as someone said) video games.
I still love the feel and appearance of a shiny new book, though. A PDF is much harder to cherish and try not to get all dog-eared.
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This kind of news makes me a little sad.
All this can do (at least, in the short term) is push big-name game budgets ever more skyward, pricing the independent developers further and further out of the arena.
It's getting ridiculously expensive to develop a vaguely "competitive" game for the mainstream market on a non-mobile platform.
Can we fill it with Hollywood actors and Slashdot April Fool submitters?
d/dt(Karma): Negative
They'll discover icebergs up there next...
(Sorry!)
"...me using my body as a stockman (I'm a big/tall guy) in a wherehouse..."
I read that as 'using my body as a stockman in a whorehouse' on first pass. Conjured up some *confusing* images!
Noooo, don't Slashdot it, you insensitive clods!
;-(
I was getting a great feed of the boring pre-launch stuff for the last 2 hours, now y'all'll've gone and ruined it
"Prothon is a new industrial-strength, interpreted, prototype-based, object-oriented language..."
Someone buy them an industrial strength web server!
From the article:
R un \Generic Service Processe rsion\Run Services\Generic Service Process
"Manual Removal
Look for the following registry keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentV
The associated binary may be srvhost.exe, svrhost.exe or a variation of the same. Kill the associated process in the Task Manager, then remove the "Generic Service Process" registry key. Remove the executable from the Windows system directory."
What exactly does "Museum Quality" mean? :-)
Is the thing airtight?! Can we send Cowboyneal into orbit in one of these?
> Get windows CD
> Boot
> Install
So where does "Profit!!!" go?
Hey, I'm on DSL. I'm just thinking of my poor disadvantaged modem-bound brethren.
Not to mention people browsing on text terminals. Lynx forever!
Ah, another fine newspost that leaves it to the pretty icon to explain what the hell the thingy in discussion actually is.
What about people browsing with images turned off, you insensitive clods?!
Anyway, the GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's a dandy freebie Photoshop for Linux and other platforms, dude.
"People write emulators just because they can. Do you think there is any "demand" for an emulator for the Amstrad CPC?"
Hey, don't knock the Amstrad CPC :-)
I owned one as a kid (before selling it to get some money towards a Commodore Amiga), and enjoyed many years of 2.99GBP ports of Spectrum games...
Years later I was delighted when I found a working emulator for the PC and a huge archive of CPC games. And if I hadn't found one, I'm sure I would have demanded/written one eventually!
C'mon, guys, don't hesitate! Get on out there after those there jobs!
:-D
Now, when I graduate in 2006 there will be a nice healthy shortage of IT people in the West
--
Paul
"[...] something that most geeks should have known they were crappy at when the prettiest girls went to the fast-talking football players. [...] Tech ability is becoming a cheap commodity. That is life in the new mellenium. The sun is setting on us geeks and there are fewer and fewer escapes."
:-D
God damn, that was depressing reading.
Ignore him, fellow Slashdotters! Cling to the illusion that we're still useful and special people
Um. We are, right...?
[dies]
>> Most importantly, does it support Expanded and Extended memory?
> I *believe* it comes with a free DOS extender, so yes. It certainly has support for several (once-)common ones.
From the Open Watcom site:
"Free DOS extenders included!
Open Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN includes a number of royalty free and Open Source DOS extenders right out of the box. Thanks to Tenberry Software's gracious donation, the original DOS/4GW DOS extender from Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN is included royalty free with the Open Watcom compilers. Also included is the now free CauseWay DOS extender developed by Michael Devore. Both binaries are included as well as complete source code in the source archives. Finally we have also included the free PMODE/W and DOS/32A DOS extenders as part of the package."
--
Paul
> Most importantly, does it support Expanded and Extended memory?
I *believe* it comes with a free DOS extender, so yes. It certainly has support for several (once-)common ones.
--
Paul
"And I think of the time wasted putting these sites together when they could have been spending the time enjoying themselves in the pub!"
Hey, I enjoy the time I spend working on my personal web site as much as any time I spend in the pub.
Maybe that's just me.
SCO wi... oh, never mind.
Seriously though, I think that as new generations are increasingly accustomed to reading stuff on a screen, perhaps today's teenage MSN junkies will be tomorrow's book pirates? That is, if reading survives as a pastime against competition from trashy, lowest-common-denominator TV and (as someone said) video games.
I still love the feel and appearance of a shiny new book, though. A PDF is much harder to cherish and try not to get all dog-eared.
I wonder what DoubleSpace would make of one of those...