It seems pretty damn impressive that web browsers are as powerful as an entire computer with the specs required to play Doom back in the day. And it's reporting about 35 FPS, too (FF 4.0.1 with a 1.8 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM, for what that's worth).
Considering that DOOM ran at, what, 60 FPS on a 486 SX 33Mhz with the DOOM graphics quality set to high and at the largest screen size it supported, it's not really that impressive.
Once again... Activision make a HUGE miscalculation: Thinking that the FPS crowd will not view this as another method to milk more cash from players. A service that allows you to meet players, analyse stats (Steam & Xfire), BUT also allows Activision to charge for more content such as map packs.
So, its effectively just a money making ploy to screw more hard earned cash out of consumers. MW3 NEEDS to be perfect for players to want/need to pay for yet another service on top of the predicted DLCs.....
People had a shit-fit when Team Fortress 2 added a store where you could buy items for real money... keeping in mind that you can get the non-cosmetic items* as a random drop, through trading, or from crafting from extra copies of other weapons.
* Technically, there are 5 hats that have in-game effects that drop, but they drop at the cosmetic item drop rate, which is 1 every few weeks/months rather than 8 a week.
All this really 'proves' is that 95% of the people who are smart enough to download a free AV program....
This is a malware removal tool for people who already think they have a virus. See the Microsoft Safety Scanner main page. The very first words on that page are Do you think your PC has a virus? Not to mention it expires 10 days after download. Clearly not an AV for 'smart' people.
It's not a AV at all... it's a tool to do a one-time scan and removal of certain forms of Malware.
Microsoft Security Essentials is the full AV program, as the page you linked to even points out.
I must be psychic. I knew exactly which licenses they'd recommend before even reading the article, right up to suggesting the Apache 2.0 license if you couldn't use one of the 3 GPLv3 licenses.
Seriously, the FSF and GNU are the same (heck, all the email links on the FSF page footer are gnu.org email addresses), so of course they're going to suggest their own licenses. Some real news would be advice on choosing a license from some unbiased source.
First of all, Google is not even pushing this format. All they've done is shared their early work with us. It's "us" who decided to submit patches to Mozilla and the like, so all this overreacting you're doing here isn't even necessary. Had Google actually released this and advertised it, pushed it, and tried to have it used everywhere, then I would see why this discussion is even happening at all.
All I see is a bunch of people overreacting to some random project that someone at Google put together.
Did you not even read the summary of the article you're responding to?
Google has added WebP support to Chrome and Picassa already. This isn't some "random project that someone at Google put together," it's appearing in their mainline software and web application products.
Furthermore, Google hasn't given a good reason why web browsers should adopt this over other formats, such as ISO/IEC 29199-2 (aka JPEG XR) which Microsoft has been pushing into its own products (Windows Vista/7, IE9, Office 2010,.NET 3+)... and Mozilla has also likely declined to add to Firefox.
So, I saw this and went to Amazon, only to find out that the "today" mentioned in the summary/article was yesterday, May 23rd./. editors REALLY need to: 1. Post stories sooner. 2. Fact check.
The rest of those are rehashes of other maps, gimmick/holiday maps, or just Bad Maps. Hell, Badlands is a remake of a TFC map. Goldrush is a remake of Dustbowl.
The thing about opinions is that everyone's opinion is different.
For example, I think arena_sawmill (and ctf_sawmill) is a complete piece of crap; ravine and lumberyard are the only decent arena maps.
Some other Valve maps that I like weren't shipped with the game: ctf_well, koth_nucleus, ctf_doublecross (IMO, easily the game's best and most balanced ctf map), pl_upward (IMO the game's best pl map), plr_hightower, and cp_degrootkeep.
Then again, maybe you haven't even played the last 3 of those maps, as they were added after you stopped playing regularly (see my previous point about you being wrong about Valve not adding new maps).
There are also some passable maps that I'll vote for if none of the above are present in a map vote: cp_mountainlab, cp_gorge, cp_5gorge, plr_pipeline, and pl_thundermountain.
Even some of the community maps are really good, such as cp_steel, koth_harvest, cp_freight_final, cp_coldfront_final, and pl_frontier_final.
Two years ago nvidia used to also have better drivers, but nowadays it's been in reverse (example: DA2) with nvidia actually having game breaking bugs at AAA game's release - something that used to happen to ATI before but hasn't lately.
ATI had that happen with Brink's release less than two weeks ago.
Valve hasn't released hardly any new "official" maps since launch (besides the Arena maps), and opinion varies wildly on the quality of the included "community" maps.
TF2 started with 6 maps.
It now has 48 game maps (51 total maps counting 2xTraining maps and 1xItem Test).
Of those, 18 are Community maps; 2 of the community maps were only textured by the community (Valve did the map layout and geometry).
Valve has added 26 (of 32 total) Valve maps on the following dates, from most to least recent: 2011-04-14 (1): koth_badlands 2011-01-19 (1): cp_5gorge 2010-12-17 (1): cp_degrootkeep 2010-10-27 (2): cp_manor_event, cp_mountainlab (these are textured by the community, though) 2010-07-08 (3): pl_thundermountain, pl_upward, plr_hightower 2009-12-17 (2): cp_gorge, ctf_doublecross 2009-08-13 (4): ctf_sawmill, koth_nucleus, koth_sawmill, koth_viaduct 2009-05-21 (3): arena_nucleus, arena_sawmill, plr_pipeline 2008-08-19 (6): arena_badlands, arena_granary, arena_lumberyard, arena_ravine, arena_well, pl_badwater 2008-04-29 (1): pl_goldrush 2008-02-14 (1): cp_badlands 2008-01-25 (1): ctf_well
Haven't tested the other video outputs, but who the fuck wants to play on composite or component on an HD system?) and I haven't had a chance to find out if it can be fixed, and if so for what cost.
Component video is an HD output. It can do the same 1080p that your HDMI can. It's just that the media hardware cartel doesn't like it because "it's analog and easy to copy." There's no Macrovision on component. It's a pretty nice interface. actually.
HDMI has some nifty feature/resolution detection options.
Also, why would I want to digital to analog to digital conversion when a digital-only option exists?
If you were talking about DVI, that'd be different... but DVI doesn't do audio.
What of this analysis doesn't apply to initial use of USB 1.0 on the original iMac? I'm not saying that Thunderbolt will succeed, just wondering what the evidence is that Firewire and not USB 1.0 is the right parallel.
USB's main competition when it came out with SCSI. And SCSI couldn't connect things like keyboard and mouse.
Essentially, USB replaced SCSI, Serial, Parallel, and PS/2 ports, even if it took a few years to do so.
Many USB devices have the USB Trident on one side. This side is the "up" side.
Now, the problem starts if you have USB receptacles that are turned sideways, like on this Dell monitor I have at work... on that one, the "up" side goes away from me, rather than towards me.
Which is annoying since that's the side my USB flash drive's activiity light is on.
Speaking of Flash drives, activity lights also tend to be on the "up" side.
To be honest, I'm not sure if I know where the composite connectors are, although I think I also have my old PS2 component connectors if they use the same plug.
Incidentally, the "can't play previous games consoles" are why I want to get my PS3 repaired instead of replaced; I have a PS3 that can play PS2 games, and I don't want to have to buy another PS2 in addition to a new PS3.
Sony GIVE you features for free that would normally set you back a fair penny, ie turning your Blu-Ray player/Games console into a 3D capable Blu-Ray player/Games console.
If by "give" you mean "advertised on the box to attempt to justify the PS3 being more expensive than its competitors at launch" then yes.
Oh, I forgot. You are interested in the pluses are you. You are just here to troll like the moron you are. Considering XBoxes are also overheating when playing LA Noire how in Hades can it be the bloody PS3 firmware you idiot.
Great, fine, even if I give the "Plays Blu-Ray Discs" as unqualified plus because the new models are the same price, I get to add this set of pluses/minuses for the new models.: PS3: - Can't play previous console's games. Xbox 360: + Can play previous console's games.
Of course, maybe I'm bitter because my PS3 is currently broken (I turned it on last week to play Arkham Asylum. but it doesn't display anything on screen via HDMI, but audio through the same cable works; tried it with two HDMI cables. Haven't tested the other video outputs, but who the fuck wants to play on composite or component on an HD system?) and I haven't had a chance to find out if it can be fixed, and if so for what cost.
Strangely, my Xbox 360 from 2007ish is still working correctly. Maybe I just got lucky there, as I've heard all about the RROD on older models.
The problem with the Linux/Unix CLI, is that it assumes you know the name of the program/tool you want to use.
Umm how about using apropos?
I've bolded the problem with your logic.
Oh, not clear enough?
Likely he didn't remember the name of the apropos command. It's not exactly a common English word, although it is occasionally used in high-brow (i.e. snooty) conversation.
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It seems pretty damn impressive that web browsers are as powerful as an entire computer with the specs required to play Doom back in the day. And it's reporting about 35 FPS, too (FF 4.0.1 with a 1.8 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM, for what that's worth).
Considering that DOOM ran at, what, 60 FPS on a 486 SX 33Mhz with the DOOM graphics quality set to high and at the largest screen size it supported, it's not really that impressive.
Once again... Activision make a HUGE miscalculation: Thinking that the FPS crowd will not view this as another method to milk more cash from players. A service that allows you to meet players, analyse stats (Steam & Xfire), BUT also allows Activision to charge for more content such as map packs.
So, its effectively just a money making ploy to screw more hard earned cash out of consumers. MW3 NEEDS to be perfect for players to want/need to pay for yet another service on top of the predicted DLCs.....
People had a shit-fit when Team Fortress 2 added a store where you could buy items for real money... keeping in mind that you can get the non-cosmetic items* as a random drop, through trading, or from crafting from extra copies of other weapons.
* Technically, there are 5 hats that have in-game effects that drop, but they drop at the cosmetic item drop rate, which is 1 every few weeks/months rather than 8 a week.
All this really 'proves' is that 95% of the people who are smart enough to download a free AV program....
This is a malware removal tool for people who already think they have a virus. See the Microsoft Safety Scanner main page. The very first words on that page are Do you think your PC has a virus? Not to mention it expires 10 days after download. Clearly not an AV for 'smart' people.
It's not a AV at all... it's a tool to do a one-time scan and removal of certain forms of Malware.
Microsoft Security Essentials is the full AV program, as the page you linked to even points out.
I must be psychic. I knew exactly which licenses they'd recommend before even reading the article, right up to suggesting the Apache 2.0 license if you couldn't use one of the 3 GPLv3 licenses.
Seriously, the FSF and GNU are the same (heck, all the email links on the FSF page footer are gnu.org email addresses), so of course they're going to suggest their own licenses. Some real news would be advice on choosing a license from some unbiased source.
Am I the only person who always left Turbo on, unless I was playing an older game that used timing loops?
No... in fact, everyone I know always left their computers with Turbo on.
First of all, Google is not even pushing this format. All they've done is shared their early work with us. It's "us" who decided to submit patches to Mozilla and the like, so all this overreacting you're doing here isn't even necessary. Had Google actually released this and advertised it, pushed it, and tried to have it used everywhere, then I would see why this discussion is even happening at all.
All I see is a bunch of people overreacting to some random project that someone at Google put together.
Did you not even read the summary of the article you're responding to?
Google has added WebP support to Chrome and Picassa already. This isn't some "random project that someone at Google put together," it's appearing in their mainline software and web application products.
Furthermore, Google hasn't given a good reason why web browsers should adopt this over other formats, such as ISO/IEC 29199-2 (aka JPEG XR) which Microsoft has been pushing into its own products (Windows Vista/7, IE9, Office 2010, .NET 3+)... and Mozilla has also likely declined to add to Firefox.
I bet you also view websites by sending mail to a program that fetches them much like wget and then mails them back to you.
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So, I saw this and went to Amazon, only to find out that the "today" mentioned in the summary/article was yesterday, May 23rd. /. editors REALLY need to:
1. Post stories sooner.
2. Fact check.
Speak for yourself - I slept in my Mom's living room drunk on leave plenty of times.
By troops, I'm pretty sure they meant the US Army, Navy, and Air Force, not the the armies of the Alliance, Horde, or Fistandantilus.
Maps that aren't complete junk
2008-04-29 (1): pl_goldrush
2008-02-14 (1): cp_badlands
2009-05-21 (2): arena_sawmill, pl_badwater
2009-08-13 (1): koth_viaduct
The rest of those are rehashes of other maps, gimmick/holiday maps, or just Bad Maps. Hell, Badlands is a remake of a TFC map. Goldrush is a remake of Dustbowl.
The thing about opinions is that everyone's opinion is different.
For example, I think arena_sawmill (and ctf_sawmill) is a complete piece of crap; ravine and lumberyard are the only decent arena maps.
Some other Valve maps that I like weren't shipped with the game: ctf_well, koth_nucleus, ctf_doublecross (IMO, easily the game's best and most balanced ctf map), pl_upward (IMO the game's best pl map), plr_hightower, and cp_degrootkeep.
Then again, maybe you haven't even played the last 3 of those maps, as they were added after you stopped playing regularly (see my previous point about you being wrong about Valve not adding new maps).
There are also some passable maps that I'll vote for if none of the above are present in a map vote: cp_mountainlab, cp_gorge, cp_5gorge, plr_pipeline, and pl_thundermountain.
Even some of the community maps are really good, such as cp_steel, koth_harvest, cp_freight_final, cp_coldfront_final, and pl_frontier_final.
Two years ago nvidia used to also have better drivers, but nowadays it's been in reverse (example: DA2) with nvidia actually having game breaking bugs at AAA game's release - something that used to happen to ATI before but hasn't lately.
ATI had that happen with Brink's release less than two weeks ago.
Valve hasn't released hardly any new "official" maps since launch (besides the Arena maps), and opinion varies wildly on the quality of the included "community" maps.
TF2 started with 6 maps.
It now has 48 game maps (51 total maps counting 2xTraining maps and 1xItem Test).
Of those, 18 are Community maps; 2 of the community maps were only textured by the community (Valve did the map layout and geometry).
Valve has added 26 (of 32 total) Valve maps on the following dates, from most to least recent:
2011-04-14 (1): koth_badlands
2011-01-19 (1): cp_5gorge
2010-12-17 (1): cp_degrootkeep
2010-10-27 (2): cp_manor_event, cp_mountainlab (these are textured by the community, though)
2010-07-08 (3): pl_thundermountain, pl_upward, plr_hightower
2009-12-17 (2): cp_gorge, ctf_doublecross
2009-08-13 (4): ctf_sawmill, koth_nucleus, koth_sawmill, koth_viaduct
2009-05-21 (3): arena_nucleus, arena_sawmill, plr_pipeline
2008-08-19 (6): arena_badlands, arena_granary, arena_lumberyard, arena_ravine, arena_well, pl_badwater
2008-04-29 (1): pl_goldrush
2008-02-14 (1): cp_badlands
2008-01-25 (1): ctf_well
Haven't tested the other video outputs, but who the fuck wants to play on composite or component on an HD system?) and I haven't had a chance to find out if it can be fixed, and if so for what cost.
Component video is an HD output. It can do the same 1080p that your HDMI can. It's just that the media hardware cartel doesn't like it because "it's analog and easy to copy." There's no Macrovision on component. It's a pretty nice interface. actually.
HDMI has some nifty feature/resolution detection options.
Also, why would I want to digital to analog to digital conversion when a digital-only option exists?
If you were talking about DVI, that'd be different... but DVI doesn't do audio.
Yes they use the same plug. And the sequence is to hold the power button down while turning it on for five seconds or so until it beeps.
Thank you. Doing this made HDMI video start working again.
What of this analysis doesn't apply to initial use of USB 1.0 on the original iMac? I'm not saying that Thunderbolt will succeed, just wondering what the evidence is that Firewire and not USB 1.0 is the right parallel.
USB's main competition when it came out with SCSI. And SCSI couldn't connect things like keyboard and mouse.
Essentially, USB replaced SCSI, Serial, Parallel, and PS/2 ports, even if it took a few years to do so.
Many USB devices have the USB Trident on one side. This side is the "up" side.
Now, the problem starts if you have USB receptacles that are turned sideways, like on this Dell monitor I have at work... on that one, the "up" side goes away from me, rather than towards me.
Which is annoying since that's the side my USB flash drive's activiity light is on.
Speaking of Flash drives, activity lights also tend to be on the "up" side.
If he designed pre-NGE Galaxies, his advice is valid.
Raph Koster designed pre-NGE Galaxies, yes.
However, he was still working at SOE when NGE hit in 2005, not departing SOE until 2006.. I don't know if he was still working on SWG or not, though.
Hmm... I'll have to look up how to do this.
To be honest, I'm not sure if I know where the composite connectors are, although I think I also have my old PS2 component connectors if they use the same plug.
Incidentally, the "can't play previous games consoles" are why I want to get my PS3 repaired instead of replaced; I have a PS3 that can play PS2 games, and I don't want to have to buy another PS2 in addition to a new PS3.
Sony GIVE you features for free that would normally set you back a fair penny, ie turning your Blu-Ray player/Games console into a 3D capable Blu-Ray player/Games console.
If by "give" you mean "advertised on the box to attempt to justify the PS3 being more expensive than its competitors at launch" then yes.
Oh, I forgot. You are interested in the pluses are you. You are just here to troll like the moron you are. Considering XBoxes are also overheating when playing LA Noire how in Hades can it be the bloody PS3 firmware you idiot.
Great, fine, even if I give the "Plays Blu-Ray Discs" as unqualified plus because the new models are the same price, I get to add this set of pluses/minuses for the new models.:
PS3: - Can't play previous console's games.
Xbox 360: + Can play previous console's games.
Of course, maybe I'm bitter because my PS3 is currently broken (I turned it on last week to play Arkham Asylum. but it doesn't display anything on screen via HDMI, but audio through the same cable works; tried it with two HDMI cables. Haven't tested the other video outputs, but who the fuck wants to play on composite or component on an HD system?) and I haven't had a chance to find out if it can be fixed, and if so for what cost.
Strangely, my Xbox 360 from 2007ish is still working correctly. Maybe I just got lucky there, as I've heard all about the RROD on older models.
Who uses their own IP for Windows Update? Who even updates direct from the Microsoft servers?
Home users and home users.
Any more questions with obvious answers that I can answer for you?
The problem with the Linux/Unix CLI, is that it assumes you know the name of the program/tool you want to use.
Umm how about using apropos?
I've bolded the problem with your logic.
Oh, not clear enough?
Likely he didn't remember the name of the apropos command. It's not exactly a common English word, although it is occasionally used in high-brow (i.e. snooty) conversation.
Is this also located in the Group Policy Editor somewhere, rather than having to directly edit the registry?
There also isn't DHCP with IPv6, hence the sarcastic comment...
Yes there is, defined as RFC 3315. Do your homework next time.
In versus mode, AI director only runs once: and that's for the first team, the second team gets exactly what the first team got.
In every map past the first, that gives the team that's losing a slight advantage, as the team that won the previous map plays the survivors first.