You wouldn't have been happy if you bought the Audigy LS when it was new and then Creative didn't make drivers that worked with XP SP2
That's why I bought the Audigy SE for $30, I noticed it was more akin to the Live! series then anything else. So I knew what to expect and I really couldn't justify spending any more on features I wouldn't use or a handful of frames per second I won't notice.
Well like I said we had problems with the cards, but as components changed the problem would fade away. Right now I run an el cheapo Audigy SE and couldn't be happier with it. When it was a problem it was a big problem, but when it's gone... at the end of the day I'm glad to have an SB in my rig.
Reminds me of the infamous Soundblaster crackle... Which in this thread is being discussed around X-Fi hardware. Even though I can remember the very first Live!'s giving me and my friends the problem years ago. I don't recall the exact details of the situation but I believe it was an improper PCI implementation.
The main types of airship are non-rigid (or blimps), semi-rigid and rigid. Blimps are small airships without internal skeletons. Semi-rigid airships are slightly larger and have some form of internal support such as a fixed keel. Rigid airships with full skeletons, such as the massive Zeppelin transoceanic models, all but disappeared after several high-profile catastrophic accidents during the mid-20th century.
As a child I watched airships sail over the pacific ocean and Tillamook Bay during the summer months. They would launch from the old military blimp hangers, only one would survive and it would go on to become the Tillamook Air Museum
And in high school they payed us to roll the bastards up for storage as they were no longer to be taken to the skies... So I can tell you sir, with the utmost confidence that all the airships did not, in fact, crash.
I love the Warhammer universe, since I grew up playing the tabletop games, and I had high hopes for this franchise
I've always been aware of Warhammer but never took time to experience the series, could you recommend a good PC title to get acquainted with the series?
Even if he is correct, I don't feel like looking... Well it would make sense, Blizzard understands end game progression. You let the players learn the new stuff, let the gear dropped disperse unto the server's population, then add new content. It's a good system, keeps a good chunk of the server focused on a fewer areas and allows us all to get a taste before the content becomes boring for those players with progression in mind. Those same players are generally the backbone of any guild and there for it is important to keep everyone focused on the same thing.
A lot of content does not a good game make. Just look at Everquest and expansion after expansion. The game wasn't designed to support the huge amount of players that would of been required on the servers to make use of all the blasted content. In the end you had all this mid or used to be high level content just withering away in emptiness. It was really depressing in a sense. I'd much rather have content removed if it meant more social interaction or a better game over all.
That is exactly the thought in my head when I played on some "private" World of Warcraft servers. Which are already offering this model of business. In that market rules of the game often relaxed to increase the rate of character progression for more casual players. Also often times the group running the emulated World of Warcraft server will accept donations and in exchange offer in game items of various levels. From 5USD for 5k gold to 250USD for collections of vastly overpowered items. Needless to say this makes for an unbalanced and unenjoyable experiance as the 13 year kid with a 25 dollar visa gift card is slaughtering you all day simply because he was willing to spend money.
And therein lies the problem, the objects being sold must remain mostly cosmetic. Or else the game will become a whole let less fun as there will always be a core few willing to spend absurd amounts of time or money on such endeavors.
On a side note I was VERY disappointed when I found several Sex oriented rooms. Google has always been very good at protecting their users in youtube, picasa, and any other service they provide. This time they let the ball drop.
Good to see someone who knows they are in dire need of being protected from, gasp, sex!
They have a total of three game franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft line. That's it. That's hardly a lot compared to EA or Activision who each have gazillions of franchises.
"Vivendi subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment posted revenues of $814 million euros (US $1.2B) last year, up 58 percent over 2006." ...
"In comparison, other Vivendi companies, including Sierra Entertainment, Sierra Online, and Vivendi Games Mobile, only brought in a total of $204 million euros (US $301M) in revenue."
It's just like any convenience store, it's a public space but private property. If you say something off color or for whatever reason whomever is in charge deems you an undesirable you can be forced to leave... I don't really see much of a difference here other then a website might have a ToS for you to peruse while in a store you have to rely on *gasp* common sense and social skills.
If this really is such a problem stop devoting so much time and effort onto areas controlled and governed by private entities. Seek out new places where rules are consistent and turning a profit takes a back seat to a good user experience or quality service provided... Just my.02...
For the record, assuming that you consume a fairly healthy, well-balanced, and at least minimally palatable diet, it still consumes more resources to walk/bike than it does to drive
For the record, I am a working class man, IE poor. But when I can I buy stuff grown locally with as little shipping as possible. When you live in a state with as much focus on agriculture as I do, combined with an influx of out-of-state organic chasing, yoga doing, got some money in my pocket rubes. Well then we see a happy meeting of market forces actually providing positive community assets. IE locally owned co-ops, more organic farming and a staunch local opposition to GM seed and feed...
Now I'm not saying I'm anything more than an arm chair activist. But considering I'm 25, could of been driving every day since I was 16... 9 years, 30 miles a day... 30x365x9... 98550 miles driven. But that isn't the case:) only cars I've ever owned are those that I flipped to turn a profit or worked on in my garage for fun. So whether calories per mile or miles per gallon is more efficient, I think I've my life style choices have been positive and beneficial over all, especially when status quo has been to do the exact opposite...
For some content I disagree, adult movies in particular... but for most practical applications the increased resolution is unneeded.
Most films these days aren't worth the millions invested into them, let alone worth me investing a couple thousand to see and hear whatever flavor of the day actor is spitting out his face hole. Nah my biggest concerns are with the TV collections. I don't see the need for 1080 on those, but it will come. And then what, I will have a mismash of SD and HD volumes because I didn't finish my collection before they start to release HD sets only?
F that I say. Get your HD TV because Xbox/PS3 and OTA sports broadcasts are pretty awesome in 1080p/i, just don't buy into the whole media upgrade cycle. It's pointless and it stresses our wallets and our resources while fattening a few greedy assholes at the top:)
That's not true, I'm proud that the food that I eat powers me across town not some hydrocarbons bought in some country I really don't give a damn about. In other words, I walk or take a bike. Revolutionary! And I do it in Idaho, a state with let's just say an unproven track record in sustainability. Mass transit, clean air and energy efficiency that's for the Californians to worry about!
Or what about the fact I don't buy cat food that utilizes fish products? If I'm going to help deplete the world's fisheries I at least want to taste the devastation. I figure my cat can survive on beef and poultry and be happy knowing he's eating the product of over grazing, over feeding, over fertilizing, under paying, subsidization, etc., etc..
No the problem is a lot of us do care about the costs of our actions and choices. But an announcement like this is just a red herring. It says they will also concentrate on bio fuels. So they really aren't changing anything. Since I have yet to hear of a viable bio fuel that doesn't run in an engine compatible with petroleum.
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i thought fortran was older than lisp...
If the proprietary code in question ever becomes an issue, a viable open-sourced replacement will suddenly become more popular.
Now if only that held true for an OS implementation of DirectX...
You wouldn't have been happy if you bought the Audigy LS when it was new and then Creative didn't make drivers that worked with XP SP2
That's why I bought the Audigy SE for $30, I noticed it was more akin to the Live! series then anything else. So I knew what to expect and I really couldn't justify spending any more on features I wouldn't use or a handful of frames per second I won't notice.
Well like I said we had problems with the cards, but as components changed the problem would fade away. Right now I run an el cheapo Audigy SE and couldn't be happier with it. When it was a problem it was a big problem, but when it's gone... at the end of the day I'm glad to have an SB in my rig.
Reminds me of the infamous Soundblaster crackle... Which in this thread is being discussed around X-Fi hardware. Even though I can remember the very first Live!'s giving me and my friends the problem years ago. I don't recall the exact details of the situation but I believe it was an improper PCI implementation.
The main types of airship are non-rigid (or blimps), semi-rigid and rigid. Blimps are small airships without internal skeletons. Semi-rigid airships are slightly larger and have some form of internal support such as a fixed keel. Rigid airships with full skeletons, such as the massive Zeppelin transoceanic models, all but disappeared after several high-profile catastrophic accidents during the mid-20th century.
No for that you need a Scarejew
I'd buy that for a dollar.
I think they ALL crashed, except but one
As a child I watched airships sail over the pacific ocean and Tillamook Bay during the summer months. They would launch from the old military blimp hangers, only one would survive and it would go on to become the Tillamook Air Museum
And in high school they payed us to roll the bastards up for storage as they were no longer to be taken to the skies... So I can tell you sir, with the utmost confidence that all the airships did not, in fact, crash.
I love the Warhammer universe, since I grew up playing the tabletop games, and I had high hopes for this franchise
I've always been aware of Warhammer but never took time to experience the series, could you recommend a good PC title to get acquainted with the series?
Maura
Hmmm, what zone would that instance be located in?
Or perhaps you were referring to Maraudon.
Even if he is correct, I don't feel like looking... Well it would make sense, Blizzard understands end game progression. You let the players learn the new stuff, let the gear dropped disperse unto the server's population, then add new content. It's a good system, keeps a good chunk of the server focused on a fewer areas and allows us all to get a taste before the content becomes boring for those players with progression in mind. Those same players are generally the backbone of any guild and there for it is important to keep everyone focused on the same thing.
A lot of content does not a good game make. Just look at Everquest and expansion after expansion. The game wasn't designed to support the huge amount of players that would of been required on the servers to make use of all the blasted content. In the end you had all this mid or used to be high level content just withering away in emptiness. It was really depressing in a sense. I'd much rather have content removed if it meant more social interaction or a better game over all.
"stealing games"
That is exactly the thought in my head when I played on some "private" World of Warcraft servers. Which are already offering this model of business. In that market rules of the game often relaxed to increase the rate of character progression for more casual players. Also often times the group running the emulated World of Warcraft server will accept donations and in exchange offer in game items of various levels. From 5USD for 5k gold to 250USD for collections of vastly overpowered items. Needless to say this makes for an unbalanced and unenjoyable experiance as the 13 year kid with a 25 dollar visa gift card is slaughtering you all day simply because he was willing to spend money.
And therein lies the problem, the objects being sold must remain mostly cosmetic. Or else the game will become a whole let less fun as there will always be a core few willing to spend absurd amounts of time or money on such endeavors.
On a side note I was VERY disappointed when I found several Sex oriented rooms. Google has always been very good at protecting their users in youtube, picasa, and any other service they provide. This time they let the ball drop.
Good to see someone who knows they are in dire need of being protected from, gasp, sex!
His email was leaked to the press by another party colleague and Andrén was later heard on a recorded phone-call exclaiming that his secrecy of correspondence had been broken and that it was âoeGestapo methodsâ. Dude, you just voted for a bill that allows all emails to be read and all phone calls to be recorded. Live with it!
I am glad to see their politicians are as inept as my politicians!
They have a total of three game franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft line. That's it. That's hardly a lot compared to EA or Activision who each have gazillions of franchises.
Quality before quantity my friend.
given that Blizzard rakes in millions a year
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/51055
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"Vivendi subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment posted revenues of $814 million euros (US $1.2B) last year, up 58 percent over 2006."
"In comparison, other Vivendi companies, including Sierra Entertainment, Sierra Online, and Vivendi Games Mobile, only brought in a total of $204 million euros (US $301M) in revenue."
That is of course during the time when The Burning Crusade was released.
And I wonder how many people's computers will absolutely CRY when trying to open a 50mpix tiff. My 6mpix jpegs are 2.5-3.5mb.
Here is a 24mb tiff from the Phoenix mission.
It's just like any convenience store, it's a public space but private property. If you say something off color or for whatever reason whomever is in charge deems you an undesirable you can be forced to leave... I don't really see much of a difference here other then a website might have a ToS for you to peruse while in a store you have to rely on *gasp* common sense and social skills.
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If this really is such a problem stop devoting so much time and effort onto areas controlled and governed by private entities. Seek out new places where rules are consistent and turning a profit takes a back seat to a good user experience or quality service provided... Just my
For the record, assuming that you consume a fairly healthy, well-balanced, and at least minimally palatable diet, it still consumes more resources to walk/bike than it does to drive
For the record, I am a working class man, IE poor. But when I can I buy stuff grown locally with as little shipping as possible. When you live in a state with as much focus on agriculture as I do, combined with an influx of out-of-state organic chasing, yoga doing, got some money in my pocket rubes. Well then we see a happy meeting of market forces actually providing positive community assets. IE locally owned co-ops, more organic farming and a staunch local opposition to GM seed and feed...
:) only cars I've ever owned are those that I flipped to turn a profit or worked on in my garage for fun. So whether calories per mile or miles per gallon is more efficient, I think I've my life style choices have been positive and beneficial over all, especially when status quo has been to do the exact opposite...
Now I'm not saying I'm anything more than an arm chair activist. But considering I'm 25, could of been driving every day since I was 16... 9 years, 30 miles a day... 30x365x9... 98550 miles driven. But that isn't the case
So, not really that drastic then. A good VCR with a good tape is pretty much flawless to my eyes.
But it really depends on what form of VHS we are talking about here...
Honestly, I don't even need 1080p
For some content I disagree, adult movies in particular... but for most practical applications the increased resolution is unneeded.
:)
Most films these days aren't worth the millions invested into them, let alone worth me investing a couple thousand to see and hear whatever flavor of the day actor is spitting out his face hole. Nah my biggest concerns are with the TV collections. I don't see the need for 1080 on those, but it will come. And then what, I will have a mismash of SD and HD volumes because I didn't finish my collection before they start to release HD sets only?
F that I say. Get your HD TV because Xbox/PS3 and OTA sports broadcasts are pretty awesome in 1080p/i, just don't buy into the whole media upgrade cycle. It's pointless and it stresses our wallets and our resources while fattening a few greedy assholes at the top
compress it down in DivX or XVid to about 250-300 meg an episode, and you can fit an entire season on a dual layer disc.
Yup, each season of my Arrested Development collection was ripped and converted to Xvid for play back on my 25 dollar kick ass Wal-Mart DVD Player :)
3 Seasons, 3 single layer DVD+R's.
Nobody really gives a damn what fuels their cars
That's not true, I'm proud that the food that I eat powers me across town not some hydrocarbons bought in some country I really don't give a damn about. In other words, I walk or take a bike. Revolutionary! And I do it in Idaho, a state with let's just say an unproven track record in sustainability. Mass transit, clean air and energy efficiency that's for the Californians to worry about!
Or what about the fact I don't buy cat food that utilizes fish products? If I'm going to help deplete the world's fisheries I at least want to taste the devastation. I figure my cat can survive on beef and poultry and be happy knowing he's eating the product of over grazing, over feeding, over fertilizing, under paying, subsidization, etc., etc..
No the problem is a lot of us do care about the costs of our actions and choices. But an announcement like this is just a red herring. It says they will also concentrate on bio fuels. So they really aren't changing anything. Since I have yet to hear of a viable bio fuel that doesn't run in an engine compatible with petroleum.