I was not talking about the specifics of GTA in prison, rather I chose to comment on the wrong assumption that prison time is time you spend being punished. Yes, I'd probably agree with your opinion...
It truly annoys me that there are still people who do not know what prison is for, yet they choose to write self-righteous replies pointing out wrong facts. I'll give you a hint: it's called a corrective facility for a reason. The fact is that through our education and social memes we have gotten to believe that prison is for punishment. It is not, and we need to be categorical about this. The fact that people still believe that you are being punished while in prison, let alone that you are in prison so you cannot do more harm is indicative of the ignorance of basic human rights that were that were the object of much fighting in 18th Century France and America.
Even more indicative of especially the American public's specific fascination with the equation "prison=punishment" is that you actually think it is the death penalty is a conversation topic when all of the developed world has understood that when the establishment chooses to murder one of its subjects, the battle is lost. Also, as far as I know, federal prisoners automatically lose their right to vote and to be elected. In many western democracies, taking away these rights is reserved for only of the worst of criminals and, specifically, ones convicted of high treason or political crimes.
Excuse me, but please ponder the irony of pointing out to someone that they "don't read much on here" while posting with a UID>700000. Oh the hilarity.
But you are actually correct, for all the time I spend here, I cannot get used to people's stupidity.
Can I just go on record here and tell you that your post was one of the most offensive, idiotic and humourless ones EVER to disgrace the Internet? Thank you.
We are not talking about refresh rate. We are talking about frames per second. Also, TFT panels work in a totally different way. There is absolutely no flickering on a tft monitor running at 60Hz.
Direct X works that way. You can write the game in DX9 and it will use hardware functions for whatever it can and software for all the rest. However, the game itself will be DX9 only in that you will have to have DX9 installed in your PC to run it even if your graphics card is only DX6.
It is statements like the above that allow the graphics companies to milk you, the consumer, with high end cards costing $500 so that you can get "better" gameplay and "better" framerates. They have convinced you that, because you get more fps you get a better gaming experience and, because you are a true gamer you need more fps. So "bullshit" to you, kind sir.
So go on, spend your money on useless things, play Quake 3 at 300fps and marvel at how you see things before they happen. Fact is, you cannot see the difference between 60Hz and 120Hz.
Half life is set to ship on the 30th, which means it should go gold round about now, or the 15th at the latest. Assuming the shipping date does not change (and, other than editorials there is no indication it will), the version they used is most probably the final one the publishers have, giving them a couple of days to ok the product for duplication.
Also, you do not drop features from a beta. Features get fixed at the end of the alpha. Beta is for optimisations and bug squashing, whatever the product.
You are right. I had to look through the net this morning to find the resolution. Unfortunately, they are only at 1024x768, no aa, no af. So, there is no card on earth that can run the game at 1600x1200...
It only took bioware a year to put out a DX8 linux port beta. Knowing valve's development times, I'd expect Half Life 2 running in Linux oh, about 5 years after the original gets a port.
What worries me the most is that with the advent of the internet you can put ramblings like the ones above on a web page, pimp it on slashdot by selling your "articles" on your signature while ignorantly insulting people who just offer an opinion different to yours. Calling me a fanboy does not strengthen your case. Neither does sarcasm. And don't get me started on that LOL. Good-day to you, sir, and goodbye.
First of all, let me just say that I read your various comments on this topic and I really think that you have no idea of what you are talking about. You seem intent on trolling anyone who has a Gamecube while not offering any opinions of your own
However, this is slashdot and trolling is your god-given right.
What I find amazing is that you say that Metroid Prime is just Metroid in 3d. Pardon my question but have you even played the game for more than a minute? I own all three consoles as well as a pretty high-spec PC, and there is not one game out there that offers the immersion and playability of Metroid Prime. Saying that Metroid Prime is anything but genious is like saying that Half-Life is just Quake with a story.
As I said, no offence had been intended. I sidestepped diabetes by apparently a very very narrow step last year. My sugar levels were pretty high and I managed to put them down to normal levels through a sugar-free diet and regular aerobic exercise. I also know people who have diabetes and they simply don't care, which is weird enough since the consequences can be grave, if not lethal. One of them reflected what I thought was the point of your post "there will eventually be a cure so why should I diet", something I find stupid, especially since he's fast approaching 200 kilos. It was that attitude I was replying to, not the specific of your situation - you actually have my sympathies as well as my apology for any offence perceived.
No offence intended, but rather than waiting for nano-robots to cure you, perhaps you should eat proper foods and exercise. That would stave off more drastic treatment for years, certainly.
Insightful???? Yes, that's right, the XBOX's failure in Japan is not because it is too expensive, not because its games are not appealing to the Japanese people, not even because there is no strong third party Japanese software. Not even because it is so HUGE that it doesn't fit in the average Japanese appartment.
Of all this you chose a nationalistic non-explanation that bears very little relation to the reality of Japanese people. It is not market protectionism that doomed the XBOX in Japan, it is shit marketing.
Yes, I forgot the MIDI interface. What was amazing about it was that in some games, specifically Sierra On Line adventures you could connect a MIDI keyboard and have unheard-of sound quality. Simply amazing... I remember a lot of people at the time complaining that the ST had a MIDI in and out, but no MIDI through, I guess the good outweighed the bad and the ST remained king in this area...
No. Atari went downhill when Jack Tramiel failed to compete with Amiga. The Atari ST (FM/E) was not a big deal in the US but it was HUGE in Europe, especially Germany. I remember most of the software available, especially apps, was German at the time, including an amazing DTP software (Calamus), an EXCELLENT Mac Emulator (Aladdin?) and most, ahem, disk copying software.
Amiga was better than the Atari ST in one crucial thing: games. It had both stereo sound and a hardware blitter chip. It was designed for multimedia, whatever that meant at the time. However, most people, myself included, who would choose the ST did so because of the Hi-Res 640x400 monochrome mode that was AMAZINGLY good on Atari's excellent mono white phosphore monitor. Mac emulation, for example, was a joy since you could run Mac programs both faster and at a better resolution than a Mac classic which, frankly, was good enough for almost everything at the time.
Atari lost it first with the STE. It was too little, too late. I don't remember specifically any games that used the advanced capabilities of the STE except for a couple that required it for paralax scrolling. Playing Shadow on the Beast on the ST was painful, for example, while it was a joy on the Amiga. Although I do remember tears of joy when I came upon a demo that managed to replicate perfectly the well-known and amazing, for the time, bouncing ball demo that sold more Amigas than people can imagine.
Then, they lost it with Falcon and the 68030 machines that were too expensive AND sported a TOS (operating system) that was mostly incompatible with past versions. Even though they were great machines TOS and GEM could not compete with Windows any more and many people, myself included, migrated to Wintel. But don't kid yourself, Europe was 66% Amiga, 33% ST at the time for computer games. PCs were few, they were very expensive and had ugly, UGLY CGA games. How could an EGA PC compare with the beauty that was Defender of the Crown and all the other beautiful Cinemaware games? ST was a force over here and I have not regretted any hardware sale in my life except the sale of my 1040 STE and monitors.
The Atari 800 was also a great computer, so I really have to disagree with you that Atari went downhill after '76. Arguably, what destroyed Atari was the overhyping and underperforming of the Jaguar, as well as Tramiel's grandiose figurehead management.
Having used the hell that is Lotus as a corporate mailer I think I am not alone in this world to say that I'd rather chop off both my hands than work with that buggy piece of software with the worst GUI EVER. Outlook is heaven.
Also, of course it is opinion. I have been very happy with Outlook, I love the direction Outlook is taking with the new version and I don't have a problem with exchange. I realise I might be a minority in Slashdot but I'd rather say what I think than post "postfix and LDAP rules d000d, get a clue" for the sake of not losing karma. I am not a sysadmin, I do help make decisions on the purchase of software, so I have to have opinions.
Also, sendmail? Check postfix out, less features but much much more robust as a whole.
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I was not talking about the specifics of GTA in prison, rather I chose to comment on the wrong assumption that prison time is time you spend being punished. Yes, I'd probably agree with your opinion...
Even more indicative of especially the American public's specific fascination with the equation "prison=punishment" is that you actually think it is the death penalty is a conversation topic when all of the developed world has understood that when the establishment chooses to murder one of its subjects, the battle is lost. Also, as far as I know, federal prisoners automatically lose their right to vote and to be elected. In many western democracies, taking away these rights is reserved for only of the worst of criminals and, specifically, ones convicted of high treason or political crimes.
But you are actually correct, for all the time I spend here, I cannot get used to people's stupidity.
I'm pretty sure the original poster meant MSDN sir. Not much chance of getting technical documentation from MSN...
I think you're missing the point here mate...
Can I just go on record here and tell you that your post was one of the most offensive, idiotic and humourless ones EVER to disgrace the Internet? Thank you.
We are not talking about refresh rate. We are talking about frames per second. Also, TFT panels work in a totally different way. There is absolutely no flickering on a tft monitor running at 60Hz.
Direct X works that way. You can write the game in DX9 and it will use hardware functions for whatever it can and software for all the rest. However, the game itself will be DX9 only in that you will have to have DX9 installed in your PC to run it even if your graphics card is only DX6.
Well, if you consider this is an article about Half Life 2 and not about Nvidia's and ATI's open source strategies you might see the interest.
Half Life 2 is DX 9 only.
So go on, spend your money on useless things, play Quake 3 at 300fps and marvel at how you see things before they happen. Fact is, you cannot see the difference between 60Hz and 120Hz.
Also, you do not drop features from a beta. Features get fixed at the end of the alpha. Beta is for optimisations and bug squashing, whatever the product.
You are right. I had to look through the net this morning to find the resolution. Unfortunately, they are only at 1024x768, no aa, no af. So, there is no card on earth that can run the game at 1600x1200...
It only took bioware a year to put out a DX8 linux port beta. Knowing valve's development times, I'd expect Half Life 2 running in Linux oh, about 5 years after the original gets a port.
Sure, they are compiling Direct X 9 for Linux as I'm writing these lines.
However, this is slashdot and trolling is your god-given right.
What I find amazing is that you say that Metroid Prime is just Metroid in 3d. Pardon my question but have you even played the game for more than a minute? I own all three consoles as well as a pretty high-spec PC, and there is not one game out there that offers the immersion and playability of Metroid Prime. Saying that Metroid Prime is anything but genious is like saying that Half-Life is just Quake with a story.
As I said, no offence had been intended. I sidestepped diabetes by apparently a very very narrow step last year. My sugar levels were pretty high and I managed to put them down to normal levels through a sugar-free diet and regular aerobic exercise. I also know people who have diabetes and they simply don't care, which is weird enough since the consequences can be grave, if not lethal. One of them reflected what I thought was the point of your post "there will eventually be a cure so why should I diet", something I find stupid, especially since he's fast approaching 200 kilos. It was that attitude I was replying to, not the specific of your situation - you actually have my sympathies as well as my apology for any offence perceived.
No offence intended, but rather than waiting for nano-robots to cure you, perhaps you should eat proper foods and exercise. That would stave off more drastic treatment for years, certainly.
Of all this you chose a nationalistic non-explanation that bears very little relation to the reality of Japanese people. It is not market protectionism that doomed the XBOX in Japan, it is shit marketing.
Yes, I forgot the MIDI interface. What was amazing about it was that in some games, specifically Sierra On Line adventures you could connect a MIDI keyboard and have unheard-of sound quality. Simply amazing... I remember a lot of people at the time complaining that the ST had a MIDI in and out, but no MIDI through, I guess the good outweighed the bad and the ST remained king in this area...
Amiga was better than the Atari ST in one crucial thing: games. It had both stereo sound and a hardware blitter chip. It was designed for multimedia, whatever that meant at the time. However, most people, myself included, who would choose the ST did so because of the Hi-Res 640x400 monochrome mode that was AMAZINGLY good on Atari's excellent mono white phosphore monitor. Mac emulation, for example, was a joy since you could run Mac programs both faster and at a better resolution than a Mac classic which, frankly, was good enough for almost everything at the time.
Atari lost it first with the STE. It was too little, too late. I don't remember specifically any games that used the advanced capabilities of the STE except for a couple that required it for paralax scrolling. Playing Shadow on the Beast on the ST was painful, for example, while it was a joy on the Amiga. Although I do remember tears of joy when I came upon a demo that managed to replicate perfectly the well-known and amazing, for the time, bouncing ball demo that sold more Amigas than people can imagine.
Then, they lost it with Falcon and the 68030 machines that were too expensive AND sported a TOS (operating system) that was mostly incompatible with past versions. Even though they were great machines TOS and GEM could not compete with Windows any more and many people, myself included, migrated to Wintel. But don't kid yourself, Europe was 66% Amiga, 33% ST at the time for computer games. PCs were few, they were very expensive and had ugly, UGLY CGA games. How could an EGA PC compare with the beauty that was Defender of the Crown and all the other beautiful Cinemaware games? ST was a force over here and I have not regretted any hardware sale in my life except the sale of my 1040 STE and monitors.
The Atari 800 was also a great computer, so I really have to disagree with you that Atari went downhill after '76. Arguably, what destroyed Atari was the overhyping and underperforming of the Jaguar, as well as Tramiel's grandiose figurehead management.
YAR.
Also, of course it is opinion. I have been very happy with Outlook, I love the direction Outlook is taking with the new version and I don't have a problem with exchange. I realise I might be a minority in Slashdot but I'd rather say what I think than post "postfix and LDAP rules d000d, get a clue" for the sake of not losing karma. I am not a sysadmin, I do help make decisions on the purchase of software, so I have to have opinions.
Also, sendmail? Check postfix out, less features but much much more robust as a whole.