Why do you need 1 MB/s for a big honking DRILL? The drill doesn't need all that bandwidth.... or perhaps it needs to fulfill its porn fill of the day?;)
Modem users don't lag the server. All these games are server/client based, not p2p based. Therefore, if the server is on, let's just say, a DS-9, and some clients are on a modem, the modem users will just get lag.
Now let's say YOU'RE on a T-1 and connecting to the DS-9 server. You'll kick the modem users' asses and they won't lag YOU down, they just get major LAG.
The only reason modem users could lag a server/client network is by being a server (laggy server, so don't join).
p2p networks, on the other hand, do slow down with slow nodes. However, no FPS worth its salt uses a p2p method.
They can't be built for less than $2000, but they can be built for cheaper. One of the main reasons? support. Support costs money. A telephone rep just sitting there all day. Even paying him/her at minimum wage, that still factors in when you've got thousands of reps.
You'll save money by building your own, but you're in for a headache if one of the parts is defective (like my motherboard's memory slots). I thought it was the memory being defective... *twiddle thumbs*, but no, it wasn't. After 1 week, I finally just exchanged both. Now I'm waiting for the parts to arrive, and I'm out a computer (for now).
you could buy all the components for approximately 1000 CPU [P4 2.8GHZ S478 512K NW 533FSB] = $523 Innovatek Water Cooling = $200 Graphics Card [XTASY GEFORCE4 TI 4600 128M] = $388 Memory [512MB RAMBUS ECC 800MHZ] = $277 Memory (512 MB) = $277 P4B533E i845E DDR 533FS S/R/L/FW/U2 (mobo) = $163 Hard Drive [WD 120.0GB 100/7200/8MB] = $186 2nd Hard Drive [WD 120gig] = $186
We're looking at $2200 w/o the CD-ROM drives and the monitor. This is of course, the P4 configuration, which supposedly will go for around $4000. You still save, but it'll still cost you money [that could be spent on something else; such as a gaming system].
Yes, the games have been trending towards consoles. People can buy computers for $200 (walmart), but they're really crappy for games. Some people, however, choose the PC over Consoles as it's upgradable, they can issue patches, and it becomes a competition.
With a (Gamecube/X-box/PS2), you can't upgrade it to do better graphics (at least not easily). With a gaming computer, you can take it around and brag how you upgraded it and get 450 fps on the new game. Nobody could beat that, bringing in a new competition.
Put it this way, it's the "rich people's console". I live in a rich neighborhood, where people buy all three systems PLUS a gaming computer, just for the sakes of competition. "Hey, I'm richer than you are!" seems to be a hidden message in these.
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Here's a bad attempt though.
Doctor: (to robot) Hand me those gloves. Robot: *hand the doctor the doves*... reaches out the window, grabs a bird.... hands it to doctor Doctor: WTF? *drops the bird* Bird flies into patient who promptly dies.
Or would they even be around today? Netscape was doing poorly to say the least when it was bought by AOL.
They were doing poorly because Microsoft reduced it's IE pricing down to $0... effectively driving Netscape out of business. What do you want, IE for $0, or NS for $30?
Well, this seems to be an interesting topic. Reviewers of Warcraft III believe that the single-player mode actually hit the mark this time.
I've beaten Warcraft III. The storyline is immersing, and it's a little better than the starcraft one. Yes, Starcraft had a lot better plot then say, Warcraft II, but Warcraft III has a better plot then Starcraft.
The thing here is, if Bill Gates had a life of a third-world person living in say, China, he wouldn't ever have the chance to make his billions.
But the opposite is also probably true. If you went and took over Bill Gates' life, you wouldn't have had the innovation/decisions that Bill Gates made and how he made his billions.
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(Estudié Español--and yes I had to use Character Map to add those symbols)
P'haps you didn't know about dead keys? It took forever to get my accents in French done... but with dead keys, it goes by a lot quicker.
Examples:
ctrl-apostrophe + e = é
ctrl-'the key under the tilde, (backwards apostrophe?)' + e = è
ctrl-^ + e = ê
likewise, áàâ and with the other vowels.
for the curly n(ene? it's been a long time since I read a spanish textbook), it's ctrl+tilde + n = ñ
Why do you need 1 MB/s for a big honking DRILL? The drill doesn't need all that bandwidth.... or perhaps it needs to fulfill its porn fill of the day? ;)
Modem users don't lag the server. All these games are server/client based, not p2p based. Therefore, if the server is on, let's just say, a DS-9, and some clients are on a modem, the modem users will just get lag.
Now let's say YOU'RE on a T-1 and connecting to the DS-9 server. You'll kick the modem users' asses and they won't lag YOU down, they just get major LAG.
The only reason modem users could lag a server/client network is by being a server (laggy server, so don't join).
p2p networks, on the other hand, do slow down with slow nodes. However, no FPS worth its salt uses a p2p method.
but I like to hear the hard drive! If I couldn't hear that random-seek thing, I wouldn't know if my computer was functioning right! :(
:)
It can't be TOO loud, but also, it can't be TOO soft. I like the happy medium
Working link to google cache.
Working link to google canada cache (?)
Florida? Florida? Yeh, sure pack 'em all off to Florida! I'll just stay here.
At least with snow, you get to do stuff, such as sledding, skiing, and snowball fights!
With Rain, what can you do? Throw water at people?
oopsies, Thread 2
I can't seem to post anonymous anymore, to prevent karma whore. P'haps it's my BAD karma resulting from one post.
Google Archive of the threads
Apple.... sues the developers using the DMCA
Not really, according to Sect. 1201 ((f) Reverse Engineering exception) of the DMCA. This allows for creating interoperable software.
See my post here for a detailed price scan.
They can't be built for less than $2000, but they can be built for cheaper. One of the main reasons? support. Support costs money. A telephone rep just sitting there all day. Even paying him/her at minimum wage, that still factors in when you've got thousands of reps.
You'll save money by building your own, but you're in for a headache if one of the parts is defective (like my motherboard's memory slots). I thought it was the memory being defective... *twiddle thumbs*, but no, it wasn't. After 1 week, I finally just exchanged both. Now I'm waiting for the parts to arrive, and I'm out a computer (for now).
the $200 refers to the PS2 and XBox
I know. I was also comparing those systems to a low-end computer.
You're about as sharp as a fucking cue ball
Obvious troll, but I'll bite.
you could buy all the components for approximately 1000
CPU [P4 2.8GHZ S478 512K NW 533FSB] = $523
Innovatek Water Cooling = $200
Graphics Card [XTASY GEFORCE4 TI 4600 128M] = $388
Memory [512MB RAMBUS ECC 800MHZ] = $277
Memory (512 MB) = $277
P4B533E i845E DDR 533FS S/R/L/FW/U2 (mobo) = $163
Hard Drive [WD 120.0GB 100/7200/8MB] = $186
2nd Hard Drive [WD 120gig] = $186
We're looking at $2200 w/o the CD-ROM drives and the monitor. This is of course, the P4 configuration, which supposedly will go for around $4000. You still save, but it'll still cost you money [that could be spent on something else; such as a gaming system].
gaming has been trending towards consoles
Yes, the games have been trending towards consoles. People can buy computers for $200 (walmart), but they're really crappy for games. Some people, however, choose the PC over Consoles as it's upgradable, they can issue patches, and it becomes a competition.
With a (Gamecube/X-box/PS2), you can't upgrade it to do better graphics (at least not easily). With a gaming computer, you can take it around and brag how you upgraded it and get 450 fps on the new game. Nobody could beat that, bringing in a new competition.
Put it this way, it's the "rich people's console". I live in a rich neighborhood, where people buy all three systems PLUS a gaming computer, just for the sakes of competition. "Hey, I'm richer than you are!" seems to be a hidden message in these.
Here's a bad attempt though.
Doctor: (to robot) Hand me those gloves.
Robot: *hand the doctor the doves*... reaches out the window, grabs a bird.... hands it to doctor
Doctor: WTF? *drops the bird*
Bird flies into patient who promptly dies.
Voice recognition isn't really something you want to depend on for life-threatening items...
i'm too dumb to think up of a witty conversation though...
I mean, everyone forgets stuff! :)
you'll still die. your tinfoil hat doesn't have 100% reflectibility, let's just say for argument it has 99.9%.
That's still a WHOLE lot of energy hitting you.
Or would they even be around today? Netscape was doing poorly to say the least when it was bought by AOL.
They were doing poorly because Microsoft reduced it's IE pricing down to $0... effectively driving Netscape out of business. What do you want, IE for $0, or NS for $30?
Geek.com is mirroring them. They won't be taken down... hopefully :)
Homer: You sank my scrabbleship!
I've actually never heard of it...
:(
am I the only one?
Starcraft was even good single-player
Well, this seems to be an interesting topic. Reviewers of Warcraft III believe that the single-player mode actually hit the mark this time.
I've beaten Warcraft III. The storyline is immersing, and it's a little better than the starcraft one. Yes, Starcraft had a lot better plot then say, Warcraft II, but Warcraft III has a better plot then Starcraft.
Actually sounds like "Command and Conquer: Renegade". Remember that game? It lacked sufficient detail and/or any great innovation to get anywhere.
How many average users buy DVD recorders? And [end of post] And what? and I have one? or and I've got to try this sometime! :)
The thing here is, if Bill Gates had a life of a third-world person living in say, China, he wouldn't ever have the chance to make his billions.
But the opposite is also probably true. If you went and took over Bill Gates' life, you wouldn't have had the innovation/decisions that Bill Gates made and how he made his billions.