A turbo charger (or any forced induction system) forces more air in to the same space in a cylinder. In order to prevent major damage to the engine, more fuel is necessary to maintain a proper air/fuel ratio.
You will only use more fuel when you feed more air into the engine. Forced induction will definitely improve performance (if done correctly), but will increase fuel usage.
Why can't intelligent design and evolution co-exist? Why does it always have to be either one or the other? Evolution itself may be by design. Perhaps humans came from both Africa, Asia and maybe even elsewhere.
As a Muslim, I believe that God created all that exists. However, my faith does not prevent me from believing in scientific facts.
I see evolution as something programmed in to life in order to survive. Every so often it may have had a boost here and there.
"When a company begins to attempt growth by spreading around it's existing content, instead of making new content, it's a sign of running thin. That really sucks."
Disney has been doing this successfully since the 1920's.
Are these actual models going to be used in the game? They look more like something that would be used in a cut scene or intro.
If it's going to be used in the game, then that's VERY nice!
You don't have to get the expensive unlimited plan to use the Sprint PCS Vision data service. I use it all the time with my laptop and don't pay anything extra (other than the cost of unlimited wireless web).
I use a cable that I bought on Ebay. Sprint does not sell these cables anymore and want you to use a PC Card with the unlimited plan.
The speed varies depending on reception. Sometimes it will drop to 14.4k speeds but it can be about 1.5x as fast as 56k. On average I will get speeds comparable to 33.6k.
I've been using it for about 6 months not and it has been completely trouble free and very reliable (for wireless). Check out SprintUsers.com.
What made the arcade great was that you couldn't find any of those games or experiences anywhere else. Now with most arcade games being released for home consoles, the demand for arcade games have diminished.
More creativity has to be put into arcade games. Look at Japan. The arcade is still as big as ever because many of the games they have aren't available at home or would not be able to be played on a console/pc anyways.
This is excellent! Finally a good compilation that is worth spending money on. Most others only include a few games. Midway has done a good job of providing a variety of games from the early 80's to 1990.
Smash TV on the PS2 DualShock controller will be so much fun!
The 1.10 patch is an upgrade to Reign of Chaos in preparation for the upcoming release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, available on July 1st. This patch contains numerous new features and upgrades to Reign of Chaos, as well as several balance changes. Due to these significant changes we have moved the version number from 1.06 up to 1.10. We look forward to hearing community feedback on the new features and improved game balance. See you on Battle.net! - Blizzard Entertainment
FEATURES
Upgrades and units can be queued in the same queue chain.
Buildings can now be queued.
A graphic placeholder is displayed to notify where a building is going to be constructed after the command to queue the building has been given.
Minimap filters now "remember" your preferences so you no longer have to toggle them on or off in every game.
A creep camp minimap filter has been added. When it is used, small circular graphics are displayed on the minimap representing the location of creep camps.
Added a third minimap "ally" filter that changes the colors displayed for allies in the minimap.
When using "ally" settings, the colors for the player, enemies, and allies now properly adjust in the world frame.
Improved defeat conditions address "hide the farm" strategies.
An "Occupied" graphic now appears over Orc Burrows, Goblin Zeppelins, Entangled Gold Mines, etc. This allows players to quickly tell how many units are currently occupying a structure or transport.
Hero icons for allied players are now displayed on your console if an ally drops from a game or shares unit control.
Flying Unit Improvements: We have turned off collision detection for flying units so that they can now easily pass through each other. This will allow air units to move about more smoothly than before. We have also added "separation behavior" so air units will break out of clusters once they reach a destination.
Upgrade & Research Complete alerts now include text messages that indicate which upgrade has just finished.
Added player handicaps that allow players to limit their units' maximum hit points prior to a game starting.
Easy AI effectiveness has been further reduced. Combined with handicaps, the AI can now be severely limited.
Normal & Hard AI strategies have been improved. The AI now chooses between a few different build orders per race (mass casters, mass Gargoyles, etc.), which include varying numbers of Heroes.
Holding the ALT key displays the health bars for all units on screen. Alternately, holding the "[" key will display friendly unit health bars, while the "]" key will display enemy unit health bars exclusively.
Players can now quickly reply to the last "tell" command received by using the "/r" command from in the game (if connected to Battle.net).
Waypoints now have a graphical representation in the world frame and on the minimap.
Increased the number of waypoints that can be placed at one time.
Shops have been given an improved interface which now allow players to select which Hero or unit is purchasing items, units, or services.
Added the ability to see the inventory of the purchasing Hero when the shop is selected.
Added the ability to sell items back to shops.
A new resource indicator is displayed for players whose teammates leave in the middle of a game. The indicator appears in the top right corner of the screen and allows players to see the allied army's current resources.
Players can now transfer resources to the allied army of a teammate who left the game.
Tomes are now "powerups". This means that if you right-click on them with a Hero selected, the Hero will now automatically use them rather than pick them up.
In-game chat messages now display who will be the recipient(s) (All, Allies, a specific player, etc.).
Doesn't look like T2 to me.
But you're right. If you get into Tribes 2 (or 1) now, you will get killed in those of us that have been playing it since the beginning.
The developers for Tribes: Vengance are completely new to the series. They have only been playing Tribes 1 and 2 for a few months.
I'm sure they will bring fresh ideas and bring new balance to the game.
Does anybody consider that if we continue to fight terrorism the way Bu$h and his outlaw cowboy posse thinks we should, there will be MORE terrorism, not less.
I am not saying that we sit on our ass and do nothing. But I don't understand how the 'USA PATRIOT Act' or attacking Iraq will do anything to make me safer.
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A turbo charger (or any forced induction system) forces more air in to the same space in a cylinder. In order to prevent major damage to the engine, more fuel is necessary to maintain a proper air/fuel ratio.
You will only use more fuel when you feed more air into the engine. Forced induction will definitely improve performance (if done correctly), but will increase fuel usage.
Why can't intelligent design and evolution co-exist? Why does it always have to be either one or the other? Evolution itself may be by design. Perhaps humans came from both Africa, Asia and maybe even elsewhere. As a Muslim, I believe that God created all that exists. However, my faith does not prevent me from believing in scientific facts. I see evolution as something programmed in to life in order to survive. Every so often it may have had a boost here and there.
"When a company begins to attempt growth by spreading around it's existing content, instead of making new content, it's a sign of running thin. That really sucks." Disney has been doing this successfully since the 1920's.
Radio Shack has the RadioShack 6-in-1 Kameleon? Touch-Screen Remote. It looks very nice. It's flat but the buttons do have a tactile response. There is a good review on it here
Sounds like it will probably come with StarOffice (or something like it).
In Asia piracy is very rampant. In some countries, the piracy rate is close to 100%. It's much harder to find a legit copy than a pirated one.
Since when were Slashdot readers afraid of something a little jargon heavy?
Think about all of the people that are on the web. 1% is millions of users. It makes a big difference.
Thanks why it annoys me when people code web HTML for IE only. They are ignoring MILLIONS of users.
I love Opera as a web browser but it's email capabilities are severely lacking. Especially compared to Mozilla.
I use Opera for web browsing and Mozilla for email/news.
I can't believe Disney actually came up with this. But what prevents the people who pay for the movie to share it?
Are these actual models going to be used in the game? They look more like something that would be used in a cut scene or intro. If it's going to be used in the game, then that's VERY nice!
I've been using Nonags.com for years.
You don't have to get the expensive unlimited plan to use the Sprint PCS Vision data service. I use it all the time with my laptop and don't pay anything extra (other than the cost of unlimited wireless web).
I use a cable that I bought on Ebay. Sprint does not sell these cables anymore and want you to use a PC Card with the unlimited plan.
The speed varies depending on reception. Sometimes it will drop to 14.4k speeds but it can be about 1.5x as fast as 56k. On average I will get speeds comparable to 33.6k.
I've been using it for about 6 months not and it has been completely trouble free and very reliable (for wireless). Check out SprintUsers.com.
What made the arcade great was that you couldn't find any of those games or experiences anywhere else. Now with most arcade games being released for home consoles, the demand for arcade games have diminished.
More creativity has to be put into arcade games. Look at Japan. The arcade is still as big as ever because many of the games they have aren't available at home or would not be able to be played on a console/pc anyways.
Linux is almost as popular as Windows 95! Seriously, 1% of that pie is probably tens of millions of people.
Nullsoft Beep is a little program that will make sounds like computers do in the movies! It is amusing to play around with.
This is excellent! Finally a good compilation that is worth spending money on. Most others only include a few games. Midway has done a good job of providing a variety of games from the early 80's to 1990. Smash TV on the PS2 DualShock controller will be so much fun!
REIGN OF CHAOS PATCH 1.10 FOREWORD
FEATURES
Whatever happened to the space shooter genre? I would like to see more.
I'm glad to see Gradius is still alive and now R-Type.
Ikaruga is also a great scrolling space shooter. It was originally on Dreamcast and is now being released for GameCube.
I would love to see a modern remake of Defender.
Doesn't look like T2 to me. But you're right. If you get into Tribes 2 (or 1) now, you will get killed in those of us that have been playing it since the beginning. The developers for Tribes: Vengance are completely new to the series. They have only been playing Tribes 1 and 2 for a few months. I'm sure they will bring fresh ideas and bring new balance to the game.
I would pay to see an educational video with John Cleese!
Give the guys on Monster Garage a few programmers and a week, I'm sure they can do it!
I highly doubt that price is for a laptop. It looks more like a desktop price. A laptop like that will cost over $2000.
Does anybody consider that if we continue to fight terrorism the way Bu$h and his outlaw cowboy posse thinks we should, there will be MORE terrorism, not less. I am not saying that we sit on our ass and do nothing. But I don't understand how the 'USA PATRIOT Act' or attacking Iraq will do anything to make me safer.
I wish they would have used a more common notebook like a Dell, Toshiba or Sony for the comparison.