Anyone else notice the ambiguity in the quotations?
"After using the Zodiac for a bit, you get the impression that it's designed not as a handheld gaming system with some built-in PDA functionality but, rather, as a PDA that also happens to play games pretty well." While being impressed with fan support at sites like Zodiac Gamer, the reviewer suggests: "So far, TapWave has presented a fairly impressive package with the Zodiac, though its current lineup of top-tier games is a little too short to catch the average gamer's attention." The review concludes: "The system is also a little pricey for the gamer on a budget... [but] it's a fairly open platform due to its Palm OS support, so the amateur development community will likely keep the Zodiac stocked with amusement potential regardless of what the system's commercial developers turn out."
This is a very weak article, and only reinforces the image of geeks as judgmental know-it-alls. Some people just like to walk around and chat with different people. I like Flight Sim, but maybe he likes BF1942. Not only is his 'review' grossly biased, but it is also inaccurate. For instance, he makes the remark that the monthly plan for There has an activation fee, and then rhetorically asks how many other games have an activation fee. He answers 'NONE!'... I answer 'MOST!', what does he consider the $45 at Best Buy- a donation?
To add a short thought to this idea, I think the 'politic'/'civics' aspect is something that should be explored more in online games. I am currently playing a MUD right now that puts a heavy focus on play-run cities, goverments, guilds, etc., and it is a more rewarding experience than I have ever had in an online game.
Faint Text: Looks fine to me on three different monitors. Perhaps you should adjust your contrast?
Fixed Width: It is a trade off. Yes, text could flow on forever until it fills the user's window width (which is very bad), or the text can be set to a reasonable fixed width, preventing users from resizing the text as desired (bad but less bad) but saving a lot of work for users that don't mind the choosen fixed width.
Final thought: (and this is not a plug in anyway because I am sure most of/. would find my website rather trivial) Something of a middle ground can be found by using EMs to set the width of the text area as I have done with my personal site. By doing this the text column is resized along with the text size. Though the text size has to shrink to also shrink the column (though this too could be avoided with JS), it seems to be a good 85% of the time rule.
I strongly agree that there will soon - or may already - be far more Sci-Fi / Fantasy style MMORPG games than the market can bear. I was one of the many that was in UO on 'day 1'. I have also played AC, EQ, DAoC and EVE, though I currently don't subscribe to any MMORPGs. Lately I've been MUDing, but even that is largely because it's free and portable (very easy to find a telnet client when you're out and about).
I really like Achaea.com:23. I'll be honest, I choose it because it was the most popular at TopMudSites. Not because I just wanted to follow the crowd, but because I didn't want to feel isolated in a huge empty world. Achaea is very enjoyable and places a huge emphasis on player-player interaction. Any claims that Achaea sucks because you have to pay are either very outdated or very misinformed. (it is free)
Sorry, I haven't read the other replies yet so this has probably been mentioned:
The 32SII is a great small calculator for most everything but graphing. I would reccomend it very highly. HP is releasing several new updates to their calculators at this very moment. They have re-released the 12c and a new version of the 32SII is near.
Oh, and also, first you say user profiles, than you ask about security policies? Which are you interested in? In a Windows context, user profiles are things like roaming desktops, IE Favorites, My Documents, etc, while security policies refer to what users/groups can use what network resources and change what settings.
Are your computers joined to a Win2K/2K3 domain, and is Active Directory in place? If so, you should research Group Polices, which can be applied on a per user or per computer (or per group of computers/users, or per domain) basis. If you don't have a domain controller, you can use the local security policy for each machine and that would apply to any user of that machine.
And let me guess: you don't comb your hair, don't wear deodorant, don't shave or trim your beard, and always buy an off brand product if one is available of equal quality to a name brand.
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Anyone else notice the ambiguity in the quotations? "After using the Zodiac for a bit, you get the impression that it's designed not as a handheld gaming system with some built-in PDA functionality but, rather, as a PDA that also happens to play games pretty well." While being impressed with fan support at sites like Zodiac Gamer, the reviewer suggests: "So far, TapWave has presented a fairly impressive package with the Zodiac, though its current lineup of top-tier games is a little too short to catch the average gamer's attention." The review concludes: "The system is also a little pricey for the gamer on a budget... [but] it's a fairly open platform due to its Palm OS support, so the amateur development community will likely keep the Zodiac stocked with amusement potential regardless of what the system's commercial developers turn out."
The montly plan costs more real money, but returns more Therebucks. The yearly plan costs less real money but doesn't give as many There bucks.
This is a very weak article, and only reinforces the image of geeks as judgmental know-it-alls. Some people just like to walk around and chat with different people. I like Flight Sim, but maybe he likes BF1942. Not only is his 'review' grossly biased, but it is also inaccurate. For instance, he makes the remark that the monthly plan for There has an activation fee, and then rhetorically asks how many other games have an activation fee. He answers 'NONE!'... I answer 'MOST!', what does he consider the $45 at Best Buy- a donation?
You are wrong. Why would a W2K3 server have Office and Visual Studio installed on it?
So true.... But I admit to reading every single MMORPG article + comments that comes along....
Humm... parent is a very good post.
To add a short thought to this idea, I think the 'politic'/'civics' aspect is something that should be explored more in online games. I am currently playing a MUD right now that puts a heavy focus on play-run cities, goverments, guilds, etc., and it is a more rewarding experience than I have ever had in an online game.
Simple: it's the overlay used to sense pressure that is the bottleneck.
Faint Text: Looks fine to me on three different monitors. Perhaps you should adjust your contrast?
/. would find my website rather trivial) Something of a middle ground can be found by using EMs to set the width of the text area as I have done with my personal site. By doing this the text column is resized along with the text size. Though the text size has to shrink to also shrink the column (though this too could be avoided with JS), it seems to be a good 85% of the time rule.
Fixed Width: It is a trade off. Yes, text could flow on forever until it fills the user's window width (which is very bad), or the text can be set to a reasonable fixed width, preventing users from resizing the text as desired (bad but less bad) but saving a lot of work for users that don't mind the choosen fixed width.
Final thought: (and this is not a plug in anyway because I am sure most of
I strongly agree that there will soon - or may already - be far more Sci-Fi / Fantasy style MMORPG games than the market can bear. I was one of the many that was in UO on 'day 1'. I have also played AC, EQ, DAoC and EVE, though I currently don't subscribe to any MMORPGs. Lately I've been MUDing, but even that is largely because it's free and portable (very easy to find a telnet client when you're out and about).
You will need Active Directory setup before you even think about exploring Exchange 2003.
Here is a Palm OS 5 device for less than $200: Tungsten E
I'm the same way. I think it is because I learned to write with the friction of graphite on paper instead of the more fluid-moving (...) pen.
I really like Achaea.com:23. I'll be honest, I choose it because it was the most popular at TopMudSites. Not because I just wanted to follow the crowd, but because I didn't want to feel isolated in a huge empty world. Achaea is very enjoyable and places a huge emphasis on player-player interaction. Any claims that Achaea sucks because you have to pay are either very outdated or very misinformed. (it is free)
Sorry, I haven't read the other replies yet so this has probably been mentioned:
The 32SII is a great small calculator for most everything but graphing. I would reccomend it very highly. HP is releasing several new updates to their calculators at this very moment. They have re-released the 12c and a new version of the 32SII is near.
If you know someone with poor vision, I suggest you have them use a browser that actually zooms the page content. Try Opera or Mozilla.
And for all you web designers out there, use EMs for setting your font (and everything else) size.
Hell, I can get a brand new Kia for $12,000. Spend $30,000 on a Volvo? Yeah right!
Interesting. I guess opening a PDF seems more 'heavy weight' than opening a PNG. Learn something new everyday....
If anyone is interested, a PNG file of the image in the PDF is 2KB larger than the PDF itself.
Why did they use a PDF to display a screenshot, I wonder. Any ideas?
Oh god... I said 'than' instead of 'then'. Now someone is going to be clever and call me an asshat.
Damnit.
Oh, and also, first you say user profiles, than you ask about security policies? Which are you interested in? In a Windows context, user profiles are things like roaming desktops, IE Favorites, My Documents, etc, while security policies refer to what users/groups can use what network resources and change what settings.
Are your computers joined to a Win2K/2K3 domain, and is Active Directory in place? If so, you should research Group Polices, which can be applied on a per user or per computer (or per group of computers/users, or per domain) basis. If you don't have a domain controller, you can use the local security policy for each machine and that would apply to any user of that machine.
Right...
And let me guess: you don't comb your hair, don't wear deodorant, don't shave or trim your beard, and always buy an off brand product if one is available of equal quality to a name brand.
Yeah, I agree. I browse at 0 but I would up that if crapfloods were always as bad as this article's.
And it better come with a damn fine mousepad.
Granted, an optical mouse doesn't really need one, but come on - this is $3000+ we're talking about!
If you are spending $3000+ then you can afford another $50 for a good three button mouse. The one-button argument is baseless.