Actually, it had something to do with fooling the game that you were on a griffin, when you weren't, speeding you up like 50x or something. I saw somebody link instructions to it on the forums (which I read because I am obsessed with the game, yet am unable to afford it.)
I played the beta on an 800 ibook g3 and probably averaged 12 fps (it varied, in town it was worse running about better). I've got 640 megs of RAM though, and I believe your videocard is slightly better. So you might get 15;) From what I've gathered, performance is slightly worse on the mac, but even at 12 fps it was still playable, you just needed patience when there was a ton of stuff on screen (and that suprised me, usually getting less than 30 fps drives me nuts)
Ok, the age to buy alcohol was raised in the early eighties. So the people drafted in vietnam were able to buy their beer just as soon as they were able to be drafted. Of course this really just illustrates the point that age is a rather arbitrary method of determining maturity, which it would be assumed is required of purchasing adult beverages.
Yes, but I've also seen an interview with somebody at Blizzard that said (and I'm pretty sure this is an exact quote): "We promise to do a Starcraft 2 at some point" So who knows. If they ever do World of Starcraft, I'll just have to move to a monastery somewhere.
I agree, I only got in on the open beta, but WoW sucked me in like few games ever have. I figure in the next 3-4 months I'll be able to buy a computer that can play it better, then I'll have no life, but I'll be able to make coats and stuff, which will be sweet.
Yes, but if in 1998 you bought Half-Life on CD, it doesn't matter if that master Half-Life server is still there, you can install and go. Doesn't work like that for Half-Life 2, since at some point after installing the game has to call home and make sure its ok to keep playing.
Yes, but did anybody else have bad flashbacks to the Blair Witch Project while watching the Bourne Supremacy? I don't know anything about this comic, but if it has any action it in and the guy shoots it like he did Bourne, it will be nauseous. SImply adding a shaky camera does not a good action sequence make.
Take Dat, Bitch!
Use a crowbar on a conniving hooker before the jury rejects her opportunistic criminal complaint against you. The game has been designed to debunk phony assault charges; after all, she's a hooker.
Not to make the opportunistic joke here, but they already made that. its called Grand Theft Auto.
For the love of god.
Those are representations of the anonymous. This is a representation of a very specific figure who's relatives will have serious emotional attachment.
So its ok to kill people in video games if you don't know their names? If its bad to kill one person then its bad to kill any of them no matter what the circumstances might be. The fact that we can ask people related to this specific instance makes no difference. When EA went to release Medal of Honor: Rising Sun in Japan there was similar outcry, about letting kids shoot their grandparents. By your definition that was anonymous, and therefore ok.
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No, the best part of everclear is what you can do with an empty bottle. When its empty, fill it back up with water, then wait until you have friends over again. Warn a buddy before hand, and tell him to dare you to chug the bottle. When everyone is watching, have friend do this, and while you are doing so have them taunt you. This usually has the effect of making one laugh, but as you are chugging water, it will be difficult and will probably turn your face red and cause crying. This is similar to what happens when you chug everclear. When finished, look over the faces of your amazed friends, and assure them that you won't have to go to the hospital. Seriously, its fun.
yeah, I agree. I played the open beta of WOW and now I need a new computer so I can run it and get more than 5 fps if there's more than 2 PCs on the screen. There's no way I'd drop 50 bucks on it as is, but after getting a week of playing in, I'm starting to save for a whole new computer for the damn thing. Stupid addictive personality.
I've maxed the ram in here, so yeah it ain't going to get better, that's why I'm not planning on buying it. I've really enjoyed it, but it doesn't play well enough to be really enjoyable.
I think that's a problem with the mac client in general. I'm running on a 800 g3 ibook and its playable, but not really. if there isn't too much stuff going on its ok, but if there's a ton of people and/or mobs around it starts grinding. Of course, I also think some of those performace things are server side too. Have to wait until retail to find out really.
I did notice a few days ago that AOL is offering an "AOL PC" for like $300 if you agree to a year of AOL service. What surprised me about it was that it touted coming with open office making it "complete" or some marketing speak like that. It wouldn't surprise me if that takes off for them to stop with the windows and switch to linux. They'll need to establish themselves as a hardware provider first though.
Those actions have worked back to 10.1 at least. Don't know about 10.0 cause I didn't brave that release. Its just that in 10.3 there is a floaty window that pops up when you hit command tab, and before the dock would pop up(assuming you had yours hidden like mine)
Which means one of two things. 1. The image index lags behind the web index. or 2. they haven't erased them from the web index yet. Your paranoia level will determine which of the two you believe.
Dude, linux has been hyped on here since I joined way back in '99. I'd imagine that simply knowing about it is just one step to getting more people to use it.
FYI. The GBA is the third generation Gameboy. There was the original, then the Gameboy Color, then the GBA. I would say that the portable market follows different rules than the home consoles though.
That's a good point, but just because one Congressperson is more effective than another, doesn't mean that they will be a good "access point" for whatever change you would like. Bill Frist is at the top of their list, but I doubt he's going to be very helpful getting a tax increase pushed through. The individual Senator's preferences (or constituency's depending on how you view things) will still be a better measure of who to talk to and not waste your time on.
The trend for the last 15 years or so has been for both parties to act in a more cohesive manner. There are few defections on either side anymore. I just finished reading a study that pointed this out, but I'm too lazy to get up and find it or I'd cite it. Its an interesting trend thought. I'd imagine that right now we're in the middle of a political re-alignment, and this cohesiveness solidifies, we'll see new candidates that challenge the status quo and break it back up for another 30-40 years or so.
Yes, the irony is that around the time of FDR, the main course in American politics got split into "conservative" and "liberal". These do not mean as such in a literal sense, they simply mark divergence from the prevailing opinions at the time. I think it would be easy to argue that both of the major parties in the US would technically be center or right of center on an absolute 7 point scale (with 1 being total socialism, 4 being center, and 7 being Total libertarianism). I'm not saying that there are no differences, just the labels applied to the differences, have been perverted from their original intent.
Have you called the local party office for whichever party keeps popping up? I pass them out here and if the person on the list isn't home we just throw them up in the yard. Its possible that your name somehow got on their list and they aren't bothering to check if its ok with you. Unlikely, but still possible
Well, I've got the same model ibook as the grandparent, and have also enabled this hack. About a year ago I got bit by the motherboard issue that the ibooks had and had to send it back to apple. It was still under the factory warranty and they didn't ask any questions so I'd imagine that its ok. Hell, that was the second time I had to send mine off and both times I didn't have any problems, other than the fact that I didn't have my main computer for a week each time.
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Actually, it had something to do with fooling the game that you were on a griffin, when you weren't, speeding you up like 50x or something. I saw somebody link instructions to it on the forums (which I read because I am obsessed with the game, yet am unable to afford it.)
I played the beta on an 800 ibook g3 and probably averaged 12 fps (it varied, in town it was worse running about better). I've got 640 megs of RAM though, and I believe your videocard is slightly better. So you might get 15 ;) From what I've gathered, performance is slightly worse on the mac, but even at 12 fps it was still playable, you just needed patience when there was a ton of stuff on screen (and that suprised me, usually getting less than 30 fps drives me nuts)
Ok, the age to buy alcohol was raised in the early eighties. So the people drafted in vietnam were able to buy their beer just as soon as they were able to be drafted. Of course this really just illustrates the point that age is a rather arbitrary method of determining maturity, which it would be assumed is required of purchasing adult beverages.
Yes, but I've also seen an interview with somebody at Blizzard that said (and I'm pretty sure this is an exact quote): "We promise to do a Starcraft 2 at some point" So who knows. If they ever do World of Starcraft, I'll just have to move to a monastery somewhere.
Yes, and to add to that:
http://lunar.betterbox.net
I'm an imm on there so mention Slashdot and get something cool! Maybe, if I feel like it.
I agree, I only got in on the open beta, but WoW sucked me in like few games ever have. I figure in the next 3-4 months I'll be able to buy a computer that can play it better, then I'll have no life, but I'll be able to make coats and stuff, which will be sweet.
Yes, but if in 1998 you bought Half-Life on CD, it doesn't matter if that master Half-Life server is still there, you can install and go. Doesn't work like that for Half-Life 2, since at some point after installing the game has to call home and make sure its ok to keep playing.
Yes, but did anybody else have bad flashbacks to the Blair Witch Project while watching the Bourne Supremacy? I don't know anything about this comic, but if it has any action it in and the guy shoots it like he did Bourne, it will be nauseous. SImply adding a shaky camera does not a good action sequence make.
Take Dat, Bitch!
Use a crowbar on a conniving hooker before the jury rejects her opportunistic criminal complaint against you. The game has been designed to debunk phony assault charges; after all, she's a hooker.
Not to make the opportunistic joke here, but they already made that. its called Grand Theft Auto.
For the love of god. Those are representations of the anonymous. This is a representation of a very specific figure who's relatives will have serious emotional attachment.
So its ok to kill people in video games if you don't know their names? If its bad to kill one person then its bad to kill any of them no matter what the circumstances might be. The fact that we can ask people related to this specific instance makes no difference. When EA went to release Medal of Honor: Rising Sun in Japan there was similar outcry, about letting kids shoot their grandparents. By your definition that was anonymous, and therefore ok.
No, the best part of everclear is what you can do with an empty bottle. When its empty, fill it back up with water, then wait until you have friends over again. Warn a buddy before hand, and tell him to dare you to chug the bottle. When everyone is watching, have friend do this, and while you are doing so have them taunt you. This usually has the effect of making one laugh, but as you are chugging water, it will be difficult and will probably turn your face red and cause crying. This is similar to what happens when you chug everclear. When finished, look over the faces of your amazed friends, and assure them that you won't have to go to the hospital. Seriously, its fun.
yeah, I agree. I played the open beta of WOW and now I need a new computer so I can run it and get more than 5 fps if there's more than 2 PCs on the screen. There's no way I'd drop 50 bucks on it as is, but after getting a week of playing in, I'm starting to save for a whole new computer for the damn thing. Stupid addictive personality.
Make something idiot-proof and the universe will big a bigger idiot.-Someone who I'm too lazy to look up.
I've maxed the ram in here, so yeah it ain't going to get better, that's why I'm not planning on buying it. I've really enjoyed it, but it doesn't play well enough to be really enjoyable.
I think that's a problem with the mac client in general. I'm running on a 800 g3 ibook and its playable, but not really. if there isn't too much stuff going on its ok, but if there's a ton of people and/or mobs around it starts grinding. Of course, I also think some of those performace things are server side too. Have to wait until retail to find out really.
I did notice a few days ago that AOL is offering an "AOL PC" for like $300 if you agree to a year of AOL service. What surprised me about it was that it touted coming with open office making it "complete" or some marketing speak like that. It wouldn't surprise me if that takes off for them to stop with the windows and switch to linux. They'll need to establish themselves as a hardware provider first though.
Those actions have worked back to 10.1 at least. Don't know about 10.0 cause I didn't brave that release. Its just that in 10.3 there is a floaty window that pops up when you hit command tab, and before the dock would pop up(assuming you had yours hidden like mine)
Which means one of two things. 1. The image index lags behind the web index. or 2. they haven't erased them from the web index yet. Your paranoia level will determine which of the two you believe.
Dude, linux has been hyped on here since I joined way back in '99. I'd imagine that simply knowing about it is just one step to getting more people to use it.
FYI. The GBA is the third generation Gameboy. There was the original, then the Gameboy Color, then the GBA. I would say that the portable market follows different rules than the home consoles though.
That's a good point, but just because one Congressperson is more effective than another, doesn't mean that they will be a good "access point" for whatever change you would like. Bill Frist is at the top of their list, but I doubt he's going to be very helpful getting a tax increase pushed through. The individual Senator's preferences (or constituency's depending on how you view things) will still be a better measure of who to talk to and not waste your time on.
The trend for the last 15 years or so has been for both parties to act in a more cohesive manner. There are few defections on either side anymore. I just finished reading a study that pointed this out, but I'm too lazy to get up and find it or I'd cite it. Its an interesting trend thought. I'd imagine that right now we're in the middle of a political re-alignment, and this cohesiveness solidifies, we'll see new candidates that challenge the status quo and break it back up for another 30-40 years or so.
Yes, the irony is that around the time of FDR, the main course in American politics got split into "conservative" and "liberal". These do not mean as such in a literal sense, they simply mark divergence from the prevailing opinions at the time. I think it would be easy to argue that both of the major parties in the US would technically be center or right of center on an absolute 7 point scale (with 1 being total socialism, 4 being center, and 7 being Total libertarianism). I'm not saying that there are no differences, just the labels applied to the differences, have been perverted from their original intent.
Have you called the local party office for whichever party keeps popping up? I pass them out here and if the person on the list isn't home we just throw them up in the yard. Its possible that your name somehow got on their list and they aren't bothering to check if its ok with you. Unlikely, but still possible
Well, I've got the same model ibook as the grandparent, and have also enabled this hack. About a year ago I got bit by the motherboard issue that the ibooks had and had to send it back to apple. It was still under the factory warranty and they didn't ask any questions so I'd imagine that its ok. Hell, that was the second time I had to send mine off and both times I didn't have any problems, other than the fact that I didn't have my main computer for a week each time.