yeah! Hobobuild man. I support all builders of hobo boxen.. better than an emachine from walmart of something. I apologize.. drinking atm. But you are right.. that ~9%0$ machine was for gaming
Maybe the flight attendant felt he was being assaulted.. his training took over and he fled the fight via the fastest means availble. *cough* and grabbed a beer for the pain or something *cough*
It does suck that modern society protects assholes though. Wouldn't the guy who hit the attendant be partially responsible for this?
I typically do the thing you just described people shouldn't do. Go highend for Mobo and low/middle for amount of RAM and graphics card. CPU is usually middle end. Then two years down the road i can double the ram and drop in a new vid card. If the computer gets around 3-4 years old, it probably needs a new powersupply. For some reason the PS blows around the 4 year mark.
The new computer was primarily built because my older one didn't have the CPU extensions that games need these days, like SSE2. The newer computer is very nice, i have yet to be beaten into a L4D2 game (other than the first round where everyone must load together). Total price was ~950$ with lots of room to expand later (like that sexy 1090T).
If i buy a whole new computer every two years, i'd end up with a pile of sub-optimal machines. But if i keep my machine upgraded, i can get a lot more life out of the machine and retire it when it can't be upgraded anymore. A few months ago i put an AMD HD 4650 into and older AthlonXP box (no PCIe, no sata, AGP 8x, single core proc at 2.2GHz). Plays L4D2 great. That $90 took a machine out of the closet and onto a desk where guests can play online.
The way i look at, you can pay ridiculous prices for a box upfront.. or upgrade it as prices drop and resource demand increases. I prefer the upgrade option. It keeps me looking at computer parts too. If you don't stay on top of that stuff.. in two years you won't know what's worth a damn. It's also a great excuse to get into the case and clean it out a twice a year.
I do not understand how they cannot make TWO versions of the game. Any game that is on PC and Console is already divided into two versions, like i said before. Just because you sell a copy of your game with steamworks, doesn't mean you cannot sell a version without it.
For example, you can play SupCom2 via steam.. OR you can play it on your Xbox360. That was a decision that they made. If they wanted a second PC version minus steamworks, they could have done it.
I don't think you're correct about steamworks being required. I currently play SC2 through steam. I didn't really care too much about steamfriends and stuff until i had to make a LIVE account for DOW2, a BattleNet account for SC2, an EA account for Spore & B:BC2, a Relic Online account for Company of Heroes.
I'm also sure that if you have a game on steam, you can still distribute it via any other means. For example World of Goo and most big console FPS titles.. like Modern Warfare and Battlefield series. Steam isn't trying to "rule them all", in my opinion. But steam makes for a fantastic platform to play your games in. I can form a group/community centered around a specific server or idea or just for meta-gaming. My friends can see if i'm available or not to play. If a friend is online at 2am because he can't sleep and joins a game.. i see it and i can join in.
I do share some of your concerns about steam becoming big brother though. I hope other online distribution platforms continue to grow and perhaps steam can form some bridges to/from other platforms.
OT: I'm waiting for the new Worms game to come out.. already pre-purchased for myself and a few friends.
It's only dumb because you don't understand yet. The detainees must have a certain level of living that is partially dictated by international groups. The US Army doesn't have obligations like that to its troops, it can provide the bare minimum required to complete the job.
Please don't call them prisoners, the labeling is very important. They were detainees and their cases being worked by elected Iraqi Judges.
I have another ICRC story i'd like to share with you, if you have time. It covers the exact topic you brought up.
A detainee came to the gate and (speaking english) explained that a man was stung by a scorpion. He handed me the scorp in a cigarette cellophane wrapper, minus the stinger. I laughed and said wtf, whatever, i'll take care of the scorpion.. thanks man. He pointed in the direction of the stung man and was making that "he's crazy" hand signal. The guy and i were starting to have a conversation when an ICRC lady started shouting at me: "How dare you laugh! That man was stung! You are cruel and.." So i drop my smile because i don't want to cause problems. I explained to her that each detainee is provided leather shoes and sandals upon arriving (and again when they wear out) and they all live in concrete floored and wooden walled buildings (but no solid doors) with a rather nice AC unit. I live in a tent with a sheet of plywood for a floor, no AC. "If they don't want to wear shoes outside of their homes, i cannot stop them." Then i said i was sorry for the misunderstanding and that i was not laughing at the detainee's misfortune.. merely sharing a laugh with another detainee at a slightly funny situation. There was some awkward silence but she left saying i shouldn't laugh at the detainees. Seriously? Those ICRC people are just nuts. I admit they got under my skin quickly. I had better conversations with the detainees than most of the people i was working with. Atleast with them i could act normal and not always be politically correct and extremely tactful with each sentence.
I'm not lying though. I still have pictures of the compound and buildings and from inside my tent. If you would like to see them, i can setup a link later tonight, np. The facility is closed and torn down now, there is no problem posting the photos.
It sounds like you think the US Army doesn't learn from its mistakes unless the mistakes are visibly published in the news? Trust me that the military punishes its own. If we were allowed to kill each other, i'm sure it would happen quite often.
I think outsiders looking in, is good. As long as they are only looking and not touching. It's the one reason why i detest ICRC.. though for personal reasons really. It was august in iraq and my squad was guarding a large detainee compound (did this job for 3 months, a nice break from fighting but very frustrating). ICRC was inspecting things, making sure the detainees were being treated properly. I caught two of the ICRC people passing our water supply through the fence. I asked them to stop and why they were doing this? They said the detainees were thirsty and needed water. I laughed and explained to the two that the detainees have plumbing and a clean water supply, they also received 16x 40lb bags of ice each morning that they put into provided water coolers. I had neither of those things, i had a palette of bottled water dropped off by a forklift each week that sat in the sun. So, i left the two ICRC people and continued my rounds. Came back maybe five minutes later and ALL of the water we had was GONE. Fucking ICRC literally gave away all my water.. i had almost nothing to drink for the rest of the day. I was angry, "WHY DID YOU GIVE AWAY MY WATER!" They were stupid with fear i think because they couldn't answer me. But they can go back to their airconditioned buildings and think they were saving the world. I went back to my tent with a plywood floor and cleaned my rifle so i could get through another day. I should point out that it was easily over 120F degrees. I was drinking 10x 1.5liter bottles of water during the 12hr work shifts.. and still peeing an odd orange-brown color.
I have more ICRC stories, if anyone is interested in hearing about people so blinded by the idea that the entire US Army was made up of those idiots in that Abu Ghraib travesty. I sometimes type these rants and always delete them.. but maybe someone will find this interesting.
I often hear this from intelligent geeks. It's a viewpoint issue, imo. You assume that everyone thinks as you do and that nobody would enlist for good reasons. There are good reasons, you just don't think they are. To support and defend the constitution. Dad and Grandpa, and all the way down the line, were soldiers. You feel it is your calling. You want to protect the weak. You want to be a hero. You want to serve your country.
Then of course there are good reasons that people generally look down on anyways. You want to do something important with your life but don't know how. You come from a poor family and stuck in a poor neighborhood and need to escape.
It's not the military's job to decide to attack anyone, that is a civilian function. It sounds like all your facts and opinions should be pointed at civilian government because none of them apply to the military. I'm serious! look at what you wrote.. it all applies to corporations and civilian government.
You shouldn't have been marked troll but i think you underestimate the ammount of use you get for 6000 cycles. At 100miles per cycle that's 600,000 miles of life! Even 50miles per cycle is still 300,000 miles. During that time you skipped like 200 engine oil changes. Didn't consume 20,000 gallons of gas (assuming 30mpg). Air filter changes too. If you drove an average of 100miles per day, that's 16 years of non-stop use.
I get what you're saying about no electric charging points around. But where there is elecricity, there could be a charging point, right? There aren't many places without electricity. I would think gas-stations would want to usher in electric cars because if it takes 30min to quick charge.. that's 30 minutes those people have to buy stuff at the station. They don't make much on fuel sales anyways, what do they care.
Disclosure: I drive a year 2000 Jeep Cherokee and also use an SSD. The TV is still 2D.
Compressed Hydrogen sounds like a dangerous thing to have in your car during a wreck though. Not sure what is worse, punctured Li-Ion battery or Compressed Hydrogen cell?
On the plus side, with hydrogen, you can split water at home and make your own fuel. Just need to have a means to compress and deliver it.
That's not a very good argument. I would say there are more platforms that support java than support the.NET Framework. AFAIK, only windows and the xbox have a complete.NET Framework (Windows of all kinds, including winmo). I have used mono and it's very good, but not yet complete.
Only microsoft can control what is allowed on their devices. When the PS3 could still run linux, it had java. Sony has control of the PS3 platform and removed that ability.
I'm with you on the multiplayer experience. So many people avoid online play because of asshats. It use to be dedicated servers with good admins that kept that stuff away. But the new matchmaking is like a troll breeding ground.
Steam-friends (when it isn't collapsing under its own weight) has been a life-line to good online play. In L4D/L4D2 i can play a few pub matches and friend up the people i enjoyed playing with. In a short while i have 20-30 decent and fun people to play with in my timezone. If we pick up a few pubs when we're a man short, we can votekick any asshat or mic-spammer.
DRM in steam has also been a life-line to good online play. The price for cheating in a VAC game? your fucking game is dead. Re-buy it. I rarely rarely see cheating in valve games. Map hacks are the most common exploit i see and they are usually patched by valve in a week or two. Then there are even more watchdogs like voogru. He has serverside mods that watch for speed hacks and all sorts of weirdness.. they record a short demo of the cheating and perma-ban the steam id. You can visit his forums and request to be unbanned and he'll review the log and demo of the incident. Or just put the vid up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/voogru#p/a/C9D02CE281B0ED9D/0/sYSMrA3J9tU
That's impressive! I think i'm around 250 right now and starting to think about an eReader. But i don't want to give up paper books for some reason. I like them. But stuff like these reminds me.. there may come a time when a book i want isn't available in paper format *gasp*
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yeah! Hobobuild man. I support all builders of hobo boxen.. better than an emachine from walmart of something. I apologize.. drinking atm. But you are right.. that ~9%0$ machine was for gaming
Maybe the flight attendant felt he was being assaulted.. his training took over and he fled the fight via the fastest means availble. *cough* and grabbed a beer for the pain or something *cough*
It does suck that modern society protects assholes though. Wouldn't the guy who hit the attendant be partially responsible for this?
I typically do the thing you just described people shouldn't do. Go highend for Mobo and low/middle for amount of RAM and graphics card. CPU is usually middle end. Then two years down the road i can double the ram and drop in a new vid card. If the computer gets around 3-4 years old, it probably needs a new powersupply. For some reason the PS blows around the 4 year mark.
The new computer was primarily built because my older one didn't have the CPU extensions that games need these days, like SSE2. The newer computer is very nice, i have yet to be beaten into a L4D2 game (other than the first round where everyone must load together). Total price was ~950$ with lots of room to expand later (like that sexy 1090T).
If i buy a whole new computer every two years, i'd end up with a pile of sub-optimal machines. But if i keep my machine upgraded, i can get a lot more life out of the machine and retire it when it can't be upgraded anymore. A few months ago i put an AMD HD 4650 into and older AthlonXP box (no PCIe, no sata, AGP 8x, single core proc at 2.2GHz). Plays L4D2 great. That $90 took a machine out of the closet and onto a desk where guests can play online.
The way i look at, you can pay ridiculous prices for a box upfront.. or upgrade it as prices drop and resource demand increases. I prefer the upgrade option. It keeps me looking at computer parts too. If you don't stay on top of that stuff.. in two years you won't know what's worth a damn. It's also a great excuse to get into the case and clean it out a twice a year.
I do not understand how they cannot make TWO versions of the game. Any game that is on PC and Console is already divided into two versions, like i said before. Just because you sell a copy of your game with steamworks, doesn't mean you cannot sell a version without it.
For example, you can play SupCom2 via steam.. OR you can play it on your Xbox360. That was a decision that they made. If they wanted a second PC version minus steamworks, they could have done it.
So what's the missing crucial part from l4d2 on the computer?
I don't think you're correct about steamworks being required. I currently play SC2 through steam. I didn't really care too much about steamfriends and stuff until i had to make a LIVE account for DOW2, a BattleNet account for SC2, an EA account for Spore & B:BC2, a Relic Online account for Company of Heroes.
I'm also sure that if you have a game on steam, you can still distribute it via any other means. For example World of Goo and most big console FPS titles.. like Modern Warfare and Battlefield series. Steam isn't trying to "rule them all", in my opinion. But steam makes for a fantastic platform to play your games in. I can form a group/community centered around a specific server or idea or just for meta-gaming. My friends can see if i'm available or not to play. If a friend is online at 2am because he can't sleep and joins a game.. i see it and i can join in.
I do share some of your concerns about steam becoming big brother though. I hope other online distribution platforms continue to grow and perhaps steam can form some bridges to/from other platforms.
OT: I'm waiting for the new Worms game to come out.. already pre-purchased for myself and a few friends.
It's a good thing you aren't in the US Army. Spitting on corpses? Not very professional, you know?
It's only dumb because you don't understand yet. The detainees must have a certain level of living that is partially dictated by international groups. The US Army doesn't have obligations like that to its troops, it can provide the bare minimum required to complete the job.
Please don't call them prisoners, the labeling is very important. They were detainees and their cases being worked by elected Iraqi Judges.
I have another ICRC story i'd like to share with you, if you have time. It covers the exact topic you brought up.
A detainee came to the gate and (speaking english) explained that a man was stung by a scorpion. He handed me the scorp in a cigarette cellophane wrapper, minus the stinger. I laughed and said wtf, whatever, i'll take care of the scorpion.. thanks man. He pointed in the direction of the stung man and was making that "he's crazy" hand signal. The guy and i were starting to have a conversation when an ICRC lady started shouting at me: "How dare you laugh! That man was stung! You are cruel and.." So i drop my smile because i don't want to cause problems. I explained to her that each detainee is provided leather shoes and sandals upon arriving (and again when they wear out) and they all live in concrete floored and wooden walled buildings (but no solid doors) with a rather nice AC unit. I live in a tent with a sheet of plywood for a floor, no AC. "If they don't want to wear shoes outside of their homes, i cannot stop them." Then i said i was sorry for the misunderstanding and that i was not laughing at the detainee's misfortune.. merely sharing a laugh with another detainee at a slightly funny situation. There was some awkward silence but she left saying i shouldn't laugh at the detainees. Seriously? Those ICRC people are just nuts. I admit they got under my skin quickly. I had better conversations with the detainees than most of the people i was working with. Atleast with them i could act normal and not always be politically correct and extremely tactful with each sentence.
I'm not lying though. I still have pictures of the compound and buildings and from inside my tent. If you would like to see them, i can setup a link later tonight, np. The facility is closed and torn down now, there is no problem posting the photos.
I had a Voodoo 3 2000 (16 MB ram!). I still have an orignal 3dfx mousepad.. one of those thin micro dot pads (secret tech back in those days).
It sounds like you think the US Army doesn't learn from its mistakes unless the mistakes are visibly published in the news? Trust me that the military punishes its own. If we were allowed to kill each other, i'm sure it would happen quite often.
I think outsiders looking in, is good. As long as they are only looking and not touching. It's the one reason why i detest ICRC.. though for personal reasons really. It was august in iraq and my squad was guarding a large detainee compound (did this job for 3 months, a nice break from fighting but very frustrating). ICRC was inspecting things, making sure the detainees were being treated properly. I caught two of the ICRC people passing our water supply through the fence. I asked them to stop and why they were doing this? They said the detainees were thirsty and needed water. I laughed and explained to the two that the detainees have plumbing and a clean water supply, they also received 16x 40lb bags of ice each morning that they put into provided water coolers. I had neither of those things, i had a palette of bottled water dropped off by a forklift each week that sat in the sun. So, i left the two ICRC people and continued my rounds. Came back maybe five minutes later and ALL of the water we had was GONE. Fucking ICRC literally gave away all my water.. i had almost nothing to drink for the rest of the day. I was angry, "WHY DID YOU GIVE AWAY MY WATER!" They were stupid with fear i think because they couldn't answer me. But they can go back to their airconditioned buildings and think they were saving the world. I went back to my tent with a plywood floor and cleaned my rifle so i could get through another day. I should point out that it was easily over 120F degrees. I was drinking 10x 1.5liter bottles of water during the 12hr work shifts.. and still peeing an odd orange-brown color.
I have more ICRC stories, if anyone is interested in hearing about people so blinded by the idea that the entire US Army was made up of those idiots in that Abu Ghraib travesty. I sometimes type these rants and always delete them.. but maybe someone will find this interesting.
This sounds like a good reason for masked heroes to exist.
massively is blocked where i'm at. Is there a link to the killmail?
Krogoths or not.. I won't submit to patterning!
The rope doesn't have to be attached at the top though, it can be attached below you.
I often hear this from intelligent geeks. It's a viewpoint issue, imo. You assume that everyone thinks as you do and that nobody would enlist for good reasons. There are good reasons, you just don't think they are. To support and defend the constitution. Dad and Grandpa, and all the way down the line, were soldiers. You feel it is your calling. You want to protect the weak. You want to be a hero. You want to serve your country.
Then of course there are good reasons that people generally look down on anyways. You want to do something important with your life but don't know how. You come from a poor family and stuck in a poor neighborhood and need to escape.
It's not the military's job to decide to attack anyone, that is a civilian function. It sounds like all your facts and opinions should be pointed at civilian government because none of them apply to the military. I'm serious! look at what you wrote.. it all applies to corporations and civilian government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ellsworth
Jeri is even cooler: http://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth
You shouldn't have been marked troll but i think you underestimate the ammount of use you get for 6000 cycles. At 100miles per cycle that's 600,000 miles of life! Even 50miles per cycle is still 300,000 miles. During that time you skipped like 200 engine oil changes. Didn't consume 20,000 gallons of gas (assuming 30mpg). Air filter changes too. If you drove an average of 100miles per day, that's 16 years of non-stop use.
I get what you're saying about no electric charging points around. But where there is elecricity, there could be a charging point, right? There aren't many places without electricity. I would think gas-stations would want to usher in electric cars because if it takes 30min to quick charge.. that's 30 minutes those people have to buy stuff at the station. They don't make much on fuel sales anyways, what do they care.
Disclosure: I drive a year 2000 Jeep Cherokee and also use an SSD. The TV is still 2D.
Compressed Hydrogen sounds like a dangerous thing to have in your car during a wreck though. Not sure what is worse, punctured Li-Ion battery or Compressed Hydrogen cell?
On the plus side, with hydrogen, you can split water at home and make your own fuel. Just need to have a means to compress and deliver it.
One big advantage i noticed was that they don't explode when punctured.. like Li-ion / LiPo.
That's not a very good argument. I would say there are more platforms that support java than support the .NET Framework. AFAIK, only windows and the xbox have a complete .NET Framework (Windows of all kinds, including winmo). I have used mono and it's very good, but not yet complete.
Only microsoft can control what is allowed on their devices. When the PS3 could still run linux, it had java. Sony has control of the PS3 platform and removed that ability.
I'm with you on the multiplayer experience. So many people avoid online play because of asshats. It use to be dedicated servers with good admins that kept that stuff away. But the new matchmaking is like a troll breeding ground.
Steam-friends (when it isn't collapsing under its own weight) has been a life-line to good online play. In L4D/L4D2 i can play a few pub matches and friend up the people i enjoyed playing with. In a short while i have 20-30 decent and fun people to play with in my timezone. If we pick up a few pubs when we're a man short, we can votekick any asshat or mic-spammer.
DRM in steam has also been a life-line to good online play. The price for cheating in a VAC game? your fucking game is dead. Re-buy it. I rarely rarely see cheating in valve games. Map hacks are the most common exploit i see and they are usually patched by valve in a week or two. Then there are even more watchdogs like voogru. He has serverside mods that watch for speed hacks and all sorts of weirdness.. they record a short demo of the cheating and perma-ban the steam id. You can visit his forums and request to be unbanned and he'll review the log and demo of the incident. Or just put the vid up on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/voogru#p/a/C9D02CE281B0ED9D/0/sYSMrA3J9tU
Thanks, revived my "deactivated" account and submitted it for deletion.
Why send him to gitmo or disappear him? He's guilty, send him to military prison.
That's impressive! I think i'm around 250 right now and starting to think about an eReader. But i don't want to give up paper books for some reason. I like them. But stuff like these reminds me.. there may come a time when a book i want isn't available in paper format *gasp*