Actually, this game did have a bit of enjoyment if you had force feeback joystick. I played it for a few hours.
I had the most fun just driving around the landscape and feeling the different forces. You could feel the tank engine at standstill, then as you moved, you could "feel" the tank's weight shift as you started to gain speed. You actually knew when you were about to slip/spin out of control. Plus, the greatest thrill was jumping mountains!
Try it with force feedback. The game content is a bit lacking but the feel makes the game. IMHO
I tried Eve last month. Put a good 25 hours worth of time into playing it. And after that I canceled my subscription. The game had tons of problems but the biggest was the experience system.
THERE IS NO MOTOVATION TO PLAY. You get XP just by having a subscription. You don't have to be online or even playing. Basically they just want you to pay your $$$ and they give you XP for it. You can't get XP any other way and the times needed to upgraded skills can take days or WEEKS.
The entire game economy is based on mining. Yep, you PAY real money to work. Go out and find asteroids to haul back and sell for money. Of course you can do anything with your money you get until the XP system gives you enough points to BUY a skill.
Then to top it all off, they have one devel guy working for new content. Half the "planned" things are "coming soon (tm)" as of six months ago...
Sorry, but real life is boring and slow enough for me. I'm sure not going to pay someone to put rocks into cans for fun.
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Sony Cybershot DSC-F717, however even the old Mavica FD91/95 has shutter control.
There are a lot of other mfgs who have that feature too. Like the Nikon Coolpix.
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Just south of Denver. However, the moon is going to wash out a lot I'm afraid. But still worth a shot for those few bright ones.
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I sure hope it will be worth it to be up at 03:30. Going to try to grab some shots with my digital camera.
Here are a few tips for anyone else going to try: Be sure and use a camera that you can control the shutter speed. You will need 20-30 seconds (or more) and a tripod. Aperture of 2.8 or better.
Other helpful things are to use your shot timer if you don't have a remote/shutter trigger cable. Any movement will blur the image.
If you have a wide-angle lens use it. Not only will you cover more sky but it will allow more light to enter the lens.
I've had dual 19" Samsung LCDs since the start of the this year. And have to agree it very nice to be able to code on one display, and have our debug/output on another.
As for gaming, X (nVidia actually) has some issues. I've found that most games don't know what to do with the dual displays (UT2003/Savage/FrozenBubble/etc) and usually just display 'centered' between the two displays. This is VERY annoying and I can't play with a seam (even if it's < 1") where most of the action is supposed to take place. Three monitors would be better since you wouldn't have a seam in the center of your POV.
My fix for this is a shell script that just turns off one display and I restart X to play my game. nVidia should really have a configuration for OpenGL games on dual head so I can "lie" to the games that I only want one display used and what display to draw on.
As for my final gripe, with nVidia drivers, you cannot seem to set which output you want for what display. I've got a GeForce4 Ti4200 with DVI/SVGA outputs. The DVI is **FAR** better quality then the SVGA so I want it to the left (read left-to-right ya know) and my SVGA to the right. However when I do this, the drivers number the displays 1,0 instead of what I'd like 0,1. So I'm left using SVGA/DVI to get 0,1.
Um....have you ever looked up what GPS stands for???
"The oddity of Coke's promotion revolves around how winners will get their prizes. The cans used will be equipped with Global Positioning System transponders."
The author missed one of the bigger points that they have working now. BDC! You can finally, if it works - I haven't tried it, have automated fail over without hacking some scripts and running a few PDCs. Very COOL!
That and it says it will work "out of the box" with Windows Server 2003. I wonder if that means they fixed the "trust" issue with Windows XP trying to auth with it for login without reg hacks....
At least the P2P United group stepped in, offering to pay the fine.
Saying "We don't condone copyright infringement, but it's time for the RIAA's winged monkeys to fly back to the castle and leave the Munchkins alone."
Seems to me they are using shock and awe. The girls mother, when confronted with the charge, instantly agreed to settle the action.
Can they sue you for something your wife did...no, your children... YES. Your wife is over 18, one would HOPE, so she is legally responsible for her own actions. However, if you have children under 18 then you, being their legal guardian are responsible for their actions. It's your job as a PARENT to make sure they do what is right and not break any laws. They cannot be prosecuted in many cases until they turn 18, but you can and will be for their actions.
Re:For those (of us) who don't know ...
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DVD+R and DVD+RW formats are supported by Philips, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha and others.
DVD+R is a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R. A DVD+R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time.
DVD+RW is a re-recordable format similar to CD-RW. The data on a DVD+RW disc can be erased and recorded over numerous times without damaging the medium.
DVDs created by a +R/+RW device can be read by most commercial DVD-ROM players.
DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM formats are supported by Panasonic, Toshiba, Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp. These formats are also supported by the DVD Forum.
DVD-R is a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R and DVD+R. A DVD-R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time. There also are two additional standards for DVD-R disks: DVD-RG for general use, and DVD-RA for authoring, which is used for mastering DVD video or data and is not typically available to the general public.
DVD-RW is a re-recordable format similar to CD-RW or DVD+RW. The data on a DVD-RW disc can be erased and recorded over numerous times without damaging the medium.
DVDs created by a -R/-RW device can be read by most commercial DVD-ROM players.
DVD-RAM discs can be recorded and erased repeatedly but are only compatible with devices manufactured by the companies that support the DVD-RAM format. DVD-RAM discs are typically housed in cartridges.
That is not true at all. Hyperthreading is NOT like having two processors. Hyprethreading only gives you two sets of registers to fill. The CPU can still only execute ONE bank at a time. While this can free up the OS to keep filling the banks with multi-threaded apps, it's NOT like having two CPUs. While you _can_ see increased performance of up to 25% it's not always the case. True Linux sees 4 CPUs...but I digress
And yes, I have dual Xeon's with hyperthreading.
2.4.20 compile times:
make -j2 = 160 secs
make -j4 = 120 secs
make -j5 = 110 secs (as low as 96 with >/dev/null for stdout/err)
Bottom line is, you can't compare a dual to a single even with HT.
And just FYI, the new P4s (not Xeons) have HT now too.
Yes, Wine runs SOF2 out of the box, it's OpenGL game so yes it's 3D.
Also, please get with the times. RH9 came out a while ago, nothing wrong with the package manager in it. Maybe you should run up2date and upgrade the older systems?
You're sure right, the cli is very hard. You have to put the CD in and cd to the directory. Guess if that is too much for you stick to the GUI or windows.
2) Grip, VERY good CD Ripping app. Will auto download CDDB, run the encoder of your choice, etc. As for raytracing Povray can do a lot too, but you just need a good modeler, such as
Kpovmodeler. As for a one click installer, check out RPMs or RedHat's Package Management System, looks just like Install Shield.
3) KDE,Gnome,etc. You DO know that they can be themed to look just like the crappy Windows GUI too don't you?
Before you go off half cocked about something maybe you should CHECK! Edit/Preferences/Enable automatic image resizing
And on my copy, it wasn't enabled by default.
Sendmail is a very flexible mail package...too flexible for most people.
It's power and configuration settings make it a good choice for admins who have taken the time to read on it. However, more often then not we find that there are a lot of lazy admins out there who just get it "up and running" and don't care to understand the security issues with the server. While I've used sendmail for years in the past, but now use postfix. There are a slew of other mail programs out there that can be configured without having to use m4 rules, understand sendmail's rewrite metods etc. I would suggest that if you must have a mail server up, but don't want to take the time to learn sendmail, PLEASE, use something else. I realize this is a little off-topic but it's not too much. It all boils down to securing the net. That takes more then a few bug fixes (and YES you must apply all of them) and a good admin to configure the server/services.
I for one have been on the no call list for a while. It's great and no calls really means no calls. I sure hope that this pans out for email.
They get a $500 per call fine for calling someone on a no call list. That's the only way you get them to stop.
I've had it with this type of thing. I'm going to sign up to be on the next mars probe. Question, is Mars far enough away?
Seriously though guys, this will continue to get out of hand until more people, yes even the/. group, start to take actions against them. These include, but are not limited to, writing your congressman, spreading the word to the other lemmings of the world, and first and foremost don't buy OR download music. Maybe if we could get enough of the new yet unknown groups to agree to NOT sign a "RIAA owns your soul", we might be able to make those on-line per song basis sites really work. Because after all, it's about the music and the artist. The RIAA is just along for a free ride at BOTH our expense.
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Actually, this game did have a bit of enjoyment if you had force feeback joystick. I played it for a few hours.
I had the most fun just driving around the landscape and feeling the different forces. You could feel the tank engine at standstill, then as you moved, you could "feel" the tank's weight shift as you started to gain speed. You actually knew when you were about to slip/spin out of control. Plus, the greatest thrill was jumping mountains!
Try it with force feedback. The game content is a bit lacking but the feel makes the game. IMHO
I tried Eve last month. Put a good 25 hours worth of time into playing it. And after that I canceled my subscription. The game had tons of problems but the biggest was the experience system.
THERE IS NO MOTOVATION TO PLAY. You get XP just by having a subscription. You don't have to be online or even playing. Basically they just want you to pay your $$$ and they give you XP for it. You can't get XP any other way and the times needed to upgraded skills can take days or WEEKS.
The entire game economy is based on mining. Yep, you PAY real money to work. Go out and find asteroids to haul back and sell for money. Of course you can do anything with your money you get until the XP system gives you enough points to BUY a skill.
Then to top it all off, they have one devel guy working for new content. Half the "planned" things are "coming soon (tm)" as of six months ago...
Sorry, but real life is boring and slow enough for me. I'm sure not going to pay someone to put rocks into cans for fun.
Sony Cybershot DSC-F717, however even the old Mavica FD91/95 has shutter control.
There are a lot of other mfgs who have that feature too. Like the Nikon Coolpix.
Just south of Denver. However, the moon is going to wash out a lot I'm afraid. But still worth a shot for those few bright ones.
I sure hope it will be worth it to be up at 03:30. Going to try to grab some shots with my digital camera.
Here are a few tips for anyone else going to try:
Be sure and use a camera that you can control the shutter speed. You will need 20-30 seconds (or more) and a tripod. Aperture of 2.8 or better.
Other helpful things are to use your shot timer if you don't have a remote/shutter trigger cable. Any movement will blur the image.
If you have a wide-angle lens use it. Not only will you cover more sky but it will allow more light to enter the lens.
More like 'Duel of Fates' from SW EP1
I've had dual 19" Samsung LCDs since the start of the this year. And have to agree it very nice to be able to code on one display, and have our debug/output on another.
As for gaming, X (nVidia actually) has some issues. I've found that most games don't know what to do with the dual displays (UT2003/Savage/FrozenBubble/etc) and usually just display 'centered' between the two displays. This is VERY annoying and I can't play with a seam (even if it's < 1") where most of the action is supposed to take place. Three monitors would be better since you wouldn't have a seam in the center of your POV.
My fix for this is a shell script that just turns off one display and I restart X to play my game. nVidia should really have a configuration for OpenGL games on dual head so I can "lie" to the games that I only want one display used and what display to draw on.
As for my final gripe, with nVidia drivers, you cannot seem to set which output you want for what display. I've got a GeForce4 Ti4200 with DVI/SVGA outputs. The DVI is **FAR** better quality then the SVGA so I want it to the left (read left-to-right ya know) and my SVGA to the right. However when I do this, the drivers number the displays 1,0 instead of what I'd like 0,1. So I'm left using SVGA/DVI to get 0,1.
Just my $0.00002
It's a self-extracting sh (shell) script. The data is included in the script to install the game.
Yes it does have that..
Preferences/Interface/Image Windows/Pointer Movement Feedback
TWO good settings:
Perfect-but-Slow Pointer Tracking
AND
Cursor Mode: Tool Icon with CROSSHAIR!
Versions 1.2.x+
Well, since it's out, Value might as well make it open source!
:)
And GPL would be nice too.
Um....have you ever looked up what GPS stands for???
"The oddity of Coke's promotion revolves around how winners will get their prizes. The cans used will be equipped with Global Positioning System transponders."
The author missed one of the bigger points that they have working now. BDC! You can finally, if it works - I haven't tried it, have automated fail over without hacking some scripts and running a few PDCs. Very COOL!
That and it says it will work "out of the box" with Windows Server 2003. I wonder if that means they fixed the "trust" issue with Windows XP trying to auth with it for login without reg hacks....
StarOffice is, of course, based on the ever-popular OpenOffice.org.
Nope, OpenOffice.org was created from the BASE of StarOffice. They might have ment based on the ever-popular Microsoft Office...but I digress.
There is some more information here and here.
At least the P2P United group stepped in, offering to pay the fine.
Saying "We don't condone copyright infringement, but it's time for the RIAA's winged monkeys to fly back to the castle and leave the Munchkins alone."
Seems to me they are using shock and awe. The girls mother, when confronted with the charge, instantly agreed to settle the action.
Gaim has GPG (GnuPG) now.
Check out Gaim-E plugin for gaim.
Although I've not used it, I find the gaim-encryption to be a great working plugin for gaim. Even works with the windows port of gaim.
Can they sue you for something your wife did...no, your children... YES. Your wife is over 18, one would HOPE, so she is legally responsible for her own actions. However, if you have children under 18 then you, being their legal guardian are responsible for their actions. It's your job as a PARENT to make sure they do what is right and not break any laws. They cannot be prosecuted in many cases until they turn 18, but you can and will be for their actions.
DVD+R and DVD+RW formats are supported by Philips, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha and others.
DVD+R is a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R. A DVD+R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time.
DVD+RW is a re-recordable format similar to CD-RW. The data on a DVD+RW disc can be erased and recorded over numerous times without damaging the medium.
DVDs created by a +R/+RW device can be read by most commercial DVD-ROM players.
DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM formats are supported by Panasonic, Toshiba, Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and Sharp. These formats are also supported by the DVD Forum.
DVD-R is a recordable DVD format similar to CD-R and DVD+R. A DVD-R can only record data once and then the data becomes permanent on the disc. The disc can not be recorded onto a second time. There also are two additional standards for DVD-R disks: DVD-RG for general use, and DVD-RA for authoring, which is used for mastering DVD video or data and is not typically available to the general public.
DVD-RW is a re-recordable format similar to CD-RW or DVD+RW. The data on a DVD-RW disc can be erased and recorded over numerous times without damaging the medium.
DVDs created by a -R/-RW device can be read by most commercial DVD-ROM players.
DVD-RAM discs can be recorded and erased repeatedly but are only compatible with devices manufactured by the companies that support the DVD-RAM format. DVD-RAM discs are typically housed in cartridges.
So we can respond in two hours, now all we need is intel that isn't two DAYS old...
That is not true at all. Hyperthreading is NOT like having two processors. Hyprethreading only gives you two sets of registers to fill. The CPU can still only execute ONE bank at a time. While this can free up the OS to keep filling the banks with multi-threaded apps, it's NOT like having two CPUs. While you _can_ see increased performance of up to 25% it's not always the case. True Linux sees 4 CPUs...but I digress And yes, I have dual Xeon's with hyperthreading. 2.4.20 compile times: make -j2 = 160 secs make -j4 = 120 secs make -j5 = 110 secs (as low as 96 with > /dev/null for stdout/err)
Bottom line is, you can't compare a dual to a single even with HT.
And just FYI, the new P4s (not Xeons) have HT now too.
Yes, Wine runs SOF2 out of the box, it's OpenGL game so yes it's 3D. Also, please get with the times. RH9 came out a while ago, nothing wrong with the package manager in it. Maybe you should run up2date and upgrade the older systems? You're sure right, the cli is very hard. You have to put the CD in and cd to the directory. Guess if that is too much for you stick to the GUI or windows.
1) Unreal Tournment 2003, Enemy Territory, Quake3, Neverwinter Nights, etc. And much, much more with Wine such as Soldier of Fortune 2.
2) Grip, VERY good CD Ripping app. Will auto download CDDB, run the encoder of your choice, etc. As for raytracing Povray can do a lot too, but you just need a good modeler, such as Kpovmodeler. As for a one click installer, check out RPMs or RedHat's Package Management System, looks just like Install Shield.
3) KDE,Gnome,etc. You DO know that they can be themed to look just like the crappy Windows GUI too don't you?
Before you go off half cocked about something maybe you should CHECK! Edit/Preferences/Enable automatic image resizing And on my copy, it wasn't enabled by default.
Sendmail is a very flexible mail package...too flexible for most people.
It's power and configuration settings make it a good choice for admins who have taken the time to read on it. However, more often then not we find that there are a lot of lazy admins out there who just get it "up and running" and don't care to understand the security issues with the server. While I've used sendmail for years in the past, but now use postfix. There are a slew of other mail programs out there that can be configured without having to use m4 rules, understand sendmail's rewrite metods etc. I would suggest that if you must have a mail server up, but don't want to take the time to learn sendmail, PLEASE, use something else. I realize this is a little off-topic but it's not too much. It all boils down to securing the net. That takes more then a few bug fixes (and YES you must apply all of them) and a good admin to configure the server/services.
I for one have been on the no call list for a while. It's great and no calls really means no calls. I sure hope that this pans out for email. They get a $500 per call fine for calling someone on a no call list. That's the only way you get them to stop.
I've had it with this type of thing. I'm going to sign up to be on the next mars probe. Question, is Mars far enough away? Seriously though guys, this will continue to get out of hand until more people, yes even the /. group, start to take actions against them. These include, but are not limited to, writing your congressman, spreading the word to the other lemmings of the world, and first and foremost don't buy OR download music. Maybe if we could get enough of the new yet unknown groups to agree to NOT sign a "RIAA owns your soul", we might be able to make those on-line per song basis sites really work. Because after all, it's about the music and the artist. The RIAA is just along for a free ride at BOTH our expense.