And just like booze, weed is highly dependent on the person's physiology and how often they drink/smoke. 1/2 a bong bowl knocks me on my ass, while I feel an okay buzz after 2 beers.
I think you've got the right idea but the wrong reasons. I can't remember the last time MS put out a device with a screen on it. Other than mice and keyboards, their biggest branded hardware peice is the X360, which has a reported 60% failure rate after 2 years. Hopefully they've learned quite a bit about hardware reliability if they don't want this to be percieved as a trend.
Half the meaningful web is in flash, ajax, and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't run smoothly on a 400mhz small-profile CPU, especially on XP. A version of 7 should be modular enough to scale with the processing power. PROPER touch-sceens, resistive or capacitive, especially in a high enough resolution to be called a tablet don't come as cheap as you'd like to think, and if the performance is crap it won't catch on. We're just coming to the point where we can stick enough juice into a screen big enough to call it a tablet. Give them SOME credit.
I would like to see a mission structure a-la TIE Fighter and to a lesser extent X-Wing, with full multiplayer coop, in a modern engine. The single player campaigns got me hooked on the games and is why X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter didn't do as well. I think a new deep space combat game could do really well.
Holding out for 3 days increases volume on a one-time basis, but pawing off daily leads to a more active libido and therefore more sperm generation during those 3 days of holding out.
I hereby declare my small island a country with a 1.5% tax rate and 50 residents. Any corporation that owns a single grain of sand on my beach can say they are based here.
Never mind that they have all their offices, employees, and executives in the United States, and do all their business with the US and the US's main trade partners. They say they're from this small island with a 1.5% tax rate, and all of a sudden they don't have to pay the taxes that sustain the society they depend on for their workers and offices. Companies which utilize these shelters are leeching off of each and every one of you by basically living in a place and not paying for it. How do you expect a government with a relatively low tax rate compared to other industrialized countries, but 300 million people and tons and tons of land to look after and maintain, to compete against a tiny nation of several thousand that can survive purely on the pithy tax rates they charge their businesses?
I have an unopened OEM copy of Vista home premium 64-bit sitting in my office (from Fry's); would I be able to convince Microsoft to give me a free upgrade?:P
I generally watch CNBC and Bloomberg for economic stuff (CNBC is generally conservative biased but they more or less acknowledge it), and the BBC/Al-Jazeera/NPR for anything else.
CNN, fox news, and MSNBC seem to be all aiming straight for the dumbest 5% in america, where there is very little detail, high on entertainment, and very little actual news or interesting bits. Listen to Lou Dobbs for more than 2 minutes and you'll feel dumber and less informed, and only have vague generalities about whats going on in the world (the world being, of course, the continental US).
Vortex huh? Taurath here on the forums and ingame:)
I believe theres another post coming soon about patch notes and balance changes/etc today. The next patch I believe is next week and should be big.
I try not to get too caught in the DRM flamewar, but I think this is fine. I'm more than happy to activate a product once (I'm used to it from playing online; in fact it helps keep the online market cleaner). Also 5 installs (before calling) is.. just fine actually. I'm upgrading my PC in December, so if everything fails that's 2 installs total.
I'm not averse to actually calling a person to explain why I've upgraded my PC 5 times, or reformatted 5 times, or X or Y. I'd imagine the VAST majority of people or even gamer's aren't reinstalling their OS or games even once every 6 months.
I call BS on the "unique and fascinating mechanics". The real reason games from the 80's will be "enjoyed" far into the future is that the generation that grew up with or played it will get nostalgic and run back to it every once in a while.
Games that I think might be hailed as "classics" in 20 years:
Portal
Most Mario games (they're still reselling all the old ones on handhelds, I doubt this'll stop in 20 years).
Counterstrike - Immensely popular in the day, it'll certainly be a fun fallback in the future.
What exactly was it that was better? The only game I hold in such high regard is TIE Fighter and some old adventure games; TIE Fighter just because you could do interesting missions in full space, and adventure games because of the story and because they made me laugh.
First: You need hype, and a concept that has mass-market appeal. LOTRO could have possibly been that, but they are very true to the books and probably have more of a nerd-niche than they would have liked. WoW came out too long ago, and Warhammer still doesn't have enough mass market appeal.
Second: It needs to be bundled with a keyboard, and probably a mouse. theres too many things to target in most MMOs, and far too many UI menus and buttons. Thing Oblivion on an X360 but with 10x more options.
More like: They were making boards with terrible capacitors and voltage regulators, had no customer service to speak of at all, and completely neglected to support their products with software after releasing. They used to be great, but right now? Happy to see them yield some shelf-space to better manufacturers.
My motherboard was never great to begin with, but they haven't released new drivers or a bios update in over 2 years, and the board has only been out for 3. This means the motherboard doesn't support more than 2.5GB of ram even though it can theoretically support 8GB, and is one of the reasons I'm not running Vista right now. Abit seemed to go way down hill after socket AM2 and 754 came out.
Then again, with board manufacturers all over the place (Palit, Zotac, Asus, Intel, Foxconn, ECS *shudder*, Gigabyte, MSI, and many others), I don't think they'll be terribly missed in the Mobo business. Popularity (in the enthusiast market at least) usually come down to who has the impression of best software.
After, say, 2AM: No equipment of any sort goes in or out. Have someone awake (its a lan party ffs, people will be awake) and vigilant towards anyone walking out the door with any equipment.
For liability: make everyone sign a no-liability form.
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And just like booze, weed is highly dependent on the person's physiology and how often they drink/smoke. 1/2 a bong bowl knocks me on my ass, while I feel an okay buzz after 2 beers.
Fiction means not real, as opposed to "not yet in mass production and perfectly tuned".
I think you've got the right idea but the wrong reasons. I can't remember the last time MS put out a device with a screen on it. Other than mice and keyboards, their biggest branded hardware peice is the X360, which has a reported 60% failure rate after 2 years. Hopefully they've learned quite a bit about hardware reliability if they don't want this to be percieved as a trend.
Half the meaningful web is in flash, ajax, and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't run smoothly on a 400mhz small-profile CPU, especially on XP. A version of 7 should be modular enough to scale with the processing power. PROPER touch-sceens, resistive or capacitive, especially in a high enough resolution to be called a tablet don't come as cheap as you'd like to think, and if the performance is crap it won't catch on. We're just coming to the point where we can stick enough juice into a screen big enough to call it a tablet. Give them SOME credit.
Am I the only one extremely excited to hear a company name like "Inter-orbital Systems?" All of my geek-neurons register glee.
I would like to see a mission structure a-la TIE Fighter and to a lesser extent X-Wing, with full multiplayer coop, in a modern engine. The single player campaigns got me hooked on the games and is why X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter didn't do as well. I think a new deep space combat game could do really well.
Holding out for 3 days increases volume on a one-time basis, but pawing off daily leads to a more active libido and therefore more sperm generation during those 3 days of holding out.
I hereby declare my small island a country with a 1.5% tax rate and 50 residents. Any corporation that owns a single grain of sand on my beach can say they are based here.
Never mind that they have all their offices, employees, and executives in the United States, and do all their business with the US and the US's main trade partners. They say they're from this small island with a 1.5% tax rate, and all of a sudden they don't have to pay the taxes that sustain the society they depend on for their workers and offices. Companies which utilize these shelters are leeching off of each and every one of you by basically living in a place and not paying for it. How do you expect a government with a relatively low tax rate compared to other industrialized countries, but 300 million people and tons and tons of land to look after and maintain, to compete against a tiny nation of several thousand that can survive purely on the pithy tax rates they charge their businesses?
How about adding Windows Media Center support for the PS3? Its the only reason I turn my 360 on anymore. I believe I've just answered my own question.
I do believe I quit with a FIVESD Wrath equipped :P Before they made it impossible. Glowie boots too!
Kudos for the mention of The Realm! I don't think there has been a purely stat-based graphical MMO since.
*nostalgia's out*
I have an unopened OEM copy of Vista home premium 64-bit sitting in my office (from Fry's); would I be able to convince Microsoft to give me a free upgrade? :P
I generally watch CNBC and Bloomberg for economic stuff (CNBC is generally conservative biased but they more or less acknowledge it), and the BBC/Al-Jazeera/NPR for anything else.
CNN, fox news, and MSNBC seem to be all aiming straight for the dumbest 5% in america, where there is very little detail, high on entertainment, and very little actual news or interesting bits. Listen to Lou Dobbs for more than 2 minutes and you'll feel dumber and less informed, and only have vague generalities about whats going on in the world (the world being, of course, the continental US).
Oh I know you quite well :P
Vortex huh? Taurath here on the forums and ingame :)
I believe theres another post coming soon about patch notes and balance changes/etc today. The next patch I believe is next week and should be big.
What, no Midi port on 330?! Heathen.
I try not to get too caught in the DRM flamewar, but I think this is fine. I'm more than happy to activate a product once (I'm used to it from playing online; in fact it helps keep the online market cleaner). Also 5 installs (before calling) is.. just fine actually. I'm upgrading my PC in December, so if everything fails that's 2 installs total.
I'm not averse to actually calling a person to explain why I've upgraded my PC 5 times, or reformatted 5 times, or X or Y. I'd imagine the VAST majority of people or even gamer's aren't reinstalling their OS or games even once every 6 months.
I call BS on the "unique and fascinating mechanics". The real reason games from the 80's will be "enjoyed" far into the future is that the generation that grew up with or played it will get nostalgic and run back to it every once in a while.
Games that I think might be hailed as "classics" in 20 years:
Portal
Most Mario games (they're still reselling all the old ones on handhelds, I doubt this'll stop in 20 years).
Counterstrike - Immensely popular in the day, it'll certainly be a fun fallback in the future.
On the contrary, every evangelical (with perhaps 2 exceptions) I know believes the world was created 6000 years ago.
What exactly was it that was better? The only game I hold in such high regard is TIE Fighter and some old adventure games; TIE Fighter just because you could do interesting missions in full space, and adventure games because of the story and because they made me laugh.
First: You need hype, and a concept that has mass-market appeal. LOTRO could have possibly been that, but they are very true to the books and probably have more of a nerd-niche than they would have liked. WoW came out too long ago, and Warhammer still doesn't have enough mass market appeal.
Second: It needs to be bundled with a keyboard, and probably a mouse. theres too many things to target in most MMOs, and far too many UI menus and buttons. Thing Oblivion on an X360 but with 10x more options.
Thats funny: I see assertions, but no evidence in the GP post.
More like: They were making boards with terrible capacitors and voltage regulators, had no customer service to speak of at all, and completely neglected to support their products with software after releasing. They used to be great, but right now? Happy to see them yield some shelf-space to better manufacturers.
My motherboard was never great to begin with, but they haven't released new drivers or a bios update in over 2 years, and the board has only been out for 3. This means the motherboard doesn't support more than 2.5GB of ram even though it can theoretically support 8GB, and is one of the reasons I'm not running Vista right now. Abit seemed to go way down hill after socket AM2 and 754 came out.
Then again, with board manufacturers all over the place (Palit, Zotac, Asus, Intel, Foxconn, ECS *shudder*, Gigabyte, MSI, and many others), I don't think they'll be terribly missed in the Mobo business. Popularity (in the enthusiast market at least) usually come down to who has the impression of best software.
After, say, 2AM: No equipment of any sort goes in or out. Have someone awake (its a lan party ffs, people will be awake) and vigilant towards anyone walking out the door with any equipment.
For liability: make everyone sign a no-liability form.