Should we even get into the fact that the RIAA created the black market by price fixing? It's kinda hard to have sympathy for an organization that tries to defy economic laws by using legislation.
A video card independent programing language would be nice. Though the efficiecy would probably rival java's.
I think i would prefer better eye-candy to more eye-candy.
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I just hope it's not too little too late. Nvidia seems to be going the way of Voodoo. Taking the same card and clocking it faster with a bigger fan. It's not bad enough that the athlon's are toasters, we have to have 2 of them in a box with enough fans to have a tornado.
Jesus, some people really took my comment the wrong way. I wasn't trying to say that it was obvious to me when the shuttle was still in orbit. I was just trying to say that after the burn up on re-entry, it seemed pretty clear that the debris incident upon launch was the cause. But I seem to remember people swearing up and down that the debris had nothing to do with the accident.
Now, I love the space program. My grandfather was administrator of nasa from 68-70, i've been to space camp and i've always wanted to be an astronaut. Does that make me an expert? NO. Am i more intelligent than the NASA scientists? NO. Does this mean that I'm not allowed to form my own opinions about what NASA has done and should do? NO.
From the begining they said that at least two pieces of debris hit the wing during launch. It seemed pretty obvious to me that this caused the problem. I guess they didn't want to admit that they had been wrong when they gave the go ahead to re-enter.
Exactly my point. And the RIAA/MPAA has a hell of a lot both. And until we change the fundamental way that government is run, Joe Blow has a snowball's chance of fighting the big business agenda. I say take government OUT of the equation. Let the market decide.
I just feel that trying to battle the MPAA in the lobying arena is not very fruitful. The real power of voters is in their vote. We have to change the way governments make desicions before we have a chance against big business. This whole problem is here because of a black market that the MPAA created through their virtual monopoly. A free market would make everybody happy IMO. I, for one, would rather buy 4 CD's for $5 each than one for $15. It seems to me that the MPAA needs to fire their economists.
considering that half-life's INITIAL release date was november 97 (1 month BEFORE the actual release date of quake 2) i doubt it was entirely based on the quake II engine. Probably designed with the quake I enginge and ported to the quake 2 enginge (fancy graphics).
I agree that half-life wasn't the greatest engine. Keep in mind that it was a mod of quake ONE though. Sure they integrated some of the quake 2 features when it was released, but it was primarily programmed with the quake 1 sdk. Considering that mods are still being made I would say that it has been a success.
As far as I understand it, the largest problem with half-life was the netcode. They completely re-wrote the netcode that came with the quake 1 sdk and subsequently opened it up to serious manipulation. Many calculations (including hit detection) where made by the client computer instead of the server which is why the game is refered to as "Cheater-Strike".
I'm not trying to say that half-life is a better implementation than battlefield, I'm just saying that I'm not happy with it's implementation. Having to type 'game.votekickplayer 54' to try and kick someone is stupid. I have to use gamespy3d to find a buddy or even a decent server. Not to mention the fact that you have to learn some new cryptic language whenever you want to write a script for a game.
To use your OS analogy, whenever someone wants to make an application, they don't write a whole new OS to support it, they use an SDK. So why shouldn't games do it? I think that having a few companies dedicated to building rock solid game engines would be more efficient than having everyone try to make their own. This, it seems to me, would produce far more diverse and higher quality games in the end.
Wouldn't it be nice if game manufactures would stop re-inventing the wheel everytime they want to make a game. Instead they could spend time making a stable mod of a proven engine. I mean half-life and counter-strike are arguably the two of the most succesfull first person shooter games ever made, and they were based on a mod of the Quake 1 engine.
But instead we get games like tribes 2 and battlefield1942 which are great idea's with horrible implementation. Who coincedes the first patch with the release date of the game?!?!?! Then release patches that create more servere bugs than were fixed.
I understand that the companies are under high pressure from their publishers to get something out to start earning revenue. It just seems to me that games would be made in a shorter timeline and cheaper if they were based on a proven 3d engine.
Actually the phrase refers to countries (and people) that are unwilling to "Wage war on Terrorism". Since this war with Iraq is the next step in that _war_ it is easy to make the connection.
Nevermind the fact that there is know solid connection between Saddam and Osama, dammit, it's a war on Terrorism.
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I can see your point, a casual gamer might buy maybe 1 game per year ($50), while a hardcore gamer might buy a game every couple of months ($300/year).
So the service would make more sense to the hardcore gamer because they could save money with the service ($120/year).
Not sure though, I consider myself a hardcore gamer, but I only buy a few games per year. The rest I warez.
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I don't know what you are talking about.
Should we even get into the fact that the RIAA created the black market by price fixing? It's kinda hard to have sympathy for an organization that tries to defy economic laws by using legislation.
A video card independent programing language would be nice. Though the efficiecy would probably rival java's.
I think i would prefer better eye-candy to more eye-candy.
I just hope it's not too little too late. Nvidia seems to be going the way of Voodoo. Taking the same card and clocking it faster with a bigger fan. It's not bad enough that the athlon's are toasters, we have to have 2 of them in a box with enough fans to have a tornado.
nforce looks pretty cool though.
Jesus, some people really took my comment the wrong way. I wasn't trying to say that it was obvious to me when the shuttle was still in orbit. I was just trying to say that after the burn up on re-entry, it seemed pretty clear that the debris incident upon launch was the cause. But I seem to remember people swearing up and down that the debris had nothing to do with the accident.
Now, I love the space program. My grandfather was administrator of nasa from 68-70, i've been to space camp and i've always wanted to be an astronaut. Does that make me an expert? NO. Am i more intelligent than the NASA scientists? NO. Does this mean that I'm not allowed to form my own opinions about what NASA has done and should do? NO.
From the begining they said that at least two pieces of debris hit the wing during launch. It seemed pretty obvious to me that this caused the problem. I guess they didn't want to admit that they had been wrong when they gave the go ahead to re-enter.
I'd say that a round manhole cover is easiest to position back over the hole.
RTFA
Microsoft was not the first company to ask such questions, but it certainly popularized it.
Posting a warning to terrorists about their impending arrest is Definitely supporting terrorism.
Exactly my point. And the RIAA/MPAA has a hell of a lot both. And until we change the fundamental way that government is run, Joe Blow has a snowball's chance of fighting the big business agenda. I say take government OUT of the equation. Let the market decide.
ok, ok, i'll get off my soap box now
sorry, when i said MPAA, i meant RIAA.
I just feel that trying to battle the MPAA in the lobying arena is not very fruitful. The real power of voters is in their vote. We have to change the way governments make desicions before we have a chance against big business. This whole problem is here because of a black market that the MPAA created through their virtual monopoly. A free market would make everybody happy IMO. I, for one, would rather buy 4 CD's for $5 each than one for $15. It seems to me that the MPAA needs to fire their economists.
considering that half-life's INITIAL release date was november 97 (1 month BEFORE the actual release date of quake 2) i doubt it was entirely based on the quake II engine. Probably designed with the quake I enginge and ported to the quake 2 enginge (fancy graphics).
Half-Life history
somehow i doubt the governor is going to listen to his constituents when the MPAA i$ breathing down his neck.
I agree that half-life wasn't the greatest engine. Keep in mind that it was a mod of quake ONE though. Sure they integrated some of the quake 2 features when it was released, but it was primarily programmed with the quake 1 sdk. Considering that mods are still being made I would say that it has been a success.
As far as I understand it, the largest problem with half-life was the netcode. They completely re-wrote the netcode that came with the quake 1 sdk and subsequently opened it up to serious manipulation. Many calculations (including hit detection) where made by the client computer instead of the server which is why the game is refered to as "Cheater-Strike".
I'm not trying to say that half-life is a better implementation than battlefield, I'm just saying that I'm not happy with it's implementation. Having to type 'game.votekickplayer 54' to try and kick someone is stupid. I have to use gamespy3d to find a buddy or even a decent server. Not to mention the fact that you have to learn some new cryptic language whenever you want to write a script for a game.
To use your OS analogy, whenever someone wants to make an application, they don't write a whole new OS to support it, they use an SDK. So why shouldn't games do it? I think that having a few companies dedicated to building rock solid game engines would be more efficient than having everyone try to make their own. This, it seems to me, would produce far more diverse and higher quality games in the end.
Wouldn't it be nice if game manufactures would stop re-inventing the wheel everytime they want to make a game. Instead they could spend time making a stable mod of a proven engine. I mean half-life and counter-strike are arguably the two of the most succesfull first person shooter games ever made, and they were based on a mod of the Quake 1 engine.
But instead we get games like tribes 2 and battlefield1942 which are great idea's with horrible implementation. Who coincedes the first patch with the release date of the game?!?!?! Then release patches that create more servere bugs than were fixed.
I understand that the companies are under high pressure from their publishers to get something out to start earning revenue. It just seems to me that games would be made in a shorter timeline and cheaper if they were based on a proven 3d engine.
His 1st move:
Place Axiom in charge of storing said privacy informtion.
can the m10's take 4x the damage?
I hope none of them are girls. ;-)
ROFL
Actually the phrase refers to countries (and people) that are unwilling to "Wage war on Terrorism". Since this war with Iraq is the next step in that _war_ it is easy to make the connection.
Nevermind the fact that there is know solid connection between Saddam and Osama, dammit, it's a war on Terrorism.
I can see your point, a casual gamer might buy maybe 1 game per year ($50), while a hardcore gamer might buy a game every couple of months ($300/year). So the service would make more sense to the hardcore gamer because they could save money with the service ($120/year). Not sure though, I consider myself a hardcore gamer, but I only buy a few games per year. The rest I warez.
Car charger??
They said the same thing when the idea of installing radio's in cars came along.
as found on this [doleta.gov] site. Foreign labor certification programs are generally designed to assure that the admission of foreign workers to work in the United States on a permanent or temporary basis will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages and working conditions of American workers.