Nitpicky, I know, but it's not an additional parity drive, it's an additional parity calculation that's distributed among the disks evenly, just as in RAID 5. It's sometimes called two dimensional parity.
I've gotta respond to this, since I'm really sick of people calling Half Life 2 derivative.
Half Life redefined first person shooters back in 1998. It and some choice others, like Deus Ex, chose to make the genre more than just lugging around strange weaponry and blowing away aliens. They gave story, scope, style, amazing graphics, and a sense of actually being in the game.
Half Life presented itself as a constant flow of gameplay, giving you story and immersion. Now, because of that, you end up actually liking and caring about Gordon, the character you control. People may not want to admit it, but if Valve wants to make another game that uses those exact elements to play off of, they're perfectly free to do so. It was their idea in the first place. Who are we to say that they shouldn't continue refining it?
Half Life 2 is the continuation of a great concept in gaming. I'm tired of people discounting it just because it isn't "wholly original."
In the game, there are unique monsters that drop rare and expensive items, called Notrious Monsters (NM's). In FFXI, only the party that initiated the attack against the monster can engage it in combat, so there will literally be 50 people surrounding the area where it appears, and as soon as it does it becomes a race to see who can claim it first.
The problem then becomes that the drop goes from being kind of rare to EXTREMELY RARE, and the price goes through the roof.
Honestly though, unless the items are being used to sell Gil (in game money) I can't say I frown on it. If people are that organized and they want to affect the economy to make a better position for themselves in the game, I say go for it. As a player, I know that there are plenty of ways to sidestep the problem, and it only becomes important to people who are transfixed by the items that they cant get.
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You totally missed the point.
"[...] I like [...] verifiable facts [...] [and horsecocks] for the NY Times."
GODLIKE.
I like your style. I would mod you up, if I could ;)
Wow. I'll confess to being one of the greatest TA fans of all time, and somehow I completely missed the project's existence. Downloading now!
That would be the afforementioned series with Spielberg.
There he is! GO SNIPER 3!
He's not trolling. He's trying to make you look more credible in the future. It's per se.
Don't take offense, just learn from it.
breech n.
1. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks.
Sometimes spelling makes the difference between breaking an agreement and the human ass.
I could decide against buying a car because I could buy a banana and have plenty left over.
He did. You're looking at an overflow.
If I had points... ;)
Come on man, have a heart! Or some courage maybe?
An online catalogue of all known life on Earth now has half a million species in its freely available database.
...
That's awesome.
WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!
Nitpicky, I know, but it's not an additional parity drive, it's an additional parity calculation that's distributed among the disks evenly, just as in RAID 5. It's sometimes called two dimensional parity.
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_06.html
I've gotta respond to this, since I'm really sick of people calling Half Life 2 derivative.
Half Life redefined first person shooters back in 1998. It and some choice others, like Deus Ex, chose to make the genre more than just lugging around strange weaponry and blowing away aliens. They gave story, scope, style, amazing graphics, and a sense of actually being in the game.
Half Life presented itself as a constant flow of gameplay, giving you story and immersion. Now, because of that, you end up actually liking and caring about Gordon, the character you control. People may not want to admit it, but if Valve wants to make another game that uses those exact elements to play off of, they're perfectly free to do so. It was their idea in the first place. Who are we to say that they shouldn't continue refining it?
Half Life 2 is the continuation of a great concept in gaming. I'm tired of people discounting it just because it isn't "wholly original."
I was beginning to think we'd go an entire day without having Katamari Damacy shoved down our throats.
Yep, silent as the night breeze ;)
HA! Then of course there's Spinning, the cycling class.
;)
"Suspects were dangerously close to achieving physical fitness through a regimen of rewarding cardiovascular exercise."
Honestly, it could go forever
Wait, simulating MIPS assembly code is ILLEGAL?
Kick ass! What the hell mods, this is hilarious!
Holy crap, why hasnt this been modded up to +25 Brilliant?!
In the game, there are unique monsters that drop rare and expensive items, called Notrious Monsters (NM's). In FFXI, only the party that initiated the attack against the monster can engage it in combat, so there will literally be 50 people surrounding the area where it appears, and as soon as it does it becomes a race to see who can claim it first.
The problem then becomes that the drop goes from being kind of rare to EXTREMELY RARE, and the price goes through the roof.
Honestly though, unless the items are being used to sell Gil (in game money) I can't say I frown on it. If people are that organized and they want to affect the economy to make a better position for themselves in the game, I say go for it. As a player, I know that there are plenty of ways to sidestep the problem, and it only becomes important to people who are transfixed by the items that they cant get.
It's a big game. Do something else!
So...standards compliance?
A lot of companies, and fans and the press know, Blizzard doesn't release products until Blizzard believes they're done.
And hey, if it turns out to be crap, we just unrelease it, right?
Like usual it was spread by e-mails with claims to have attachments that contain passwords for adult websites.
And, like usual, it hasn't affected most of us because even the Windows users among us understand basic tenets of email security.