I'm a bit more than a casual gamer, having built my last two PCs, and I do completely understand your point of view.
That being said, but my friend who has just about as much interest in gaming, and only owns an Xbox 360 and a netbook, was able to try the free demos in OnLive. Within 5 minutes of mentioning it to him he was already playing a recent, current-gen game that looked fantastic on his (small for my taste) screen. Sure, there was a little input lag, and the video quality was still not perfect, but honestly I was really blown away almost to the point of being giddy about the possibilities this could present.
A close relative of mine currently works for Novell, and you wouldn't believe how many people mispronounce SuSE. It is pronounced (by the German employees, at least): Zoo-suh, not Seuss, not Suzy.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Just this winter, my friend and I were driving very early in the morning, on a nearly empty highway in farily dense fog. He was in the fast lane, and came upon a car that was going significantly slower than he. Now, he had plenty of room to pass on the right, but he decided to flash his lights at this car, but realized too late that it was a Cop!
We got pulled over, and the officer told us that it was actually illegal to flash your high-beams for any reason. You know why? It blinds the oncoming traffic!
I'm sure the MPAA will try their best to stop these drives from going on the market. In the same sense that the RIAA tried to stop CD burners when they first emerged.
Well, with all the recent Patriot Act right-restricting fun, I don't find it surprising at all that the first instinct of the government is to take the "guilty until proven innocent" route.
I really think we should base our whole legal system off these principals, I mean, really, I can't understand why this hasn't happened before!/sarcasm
-Sinter
I admit, I stopped reading the article when I hit this paragraph:
"One impressive piece of execution is that when you fire the machine up it plays a WAV file of a Ferrari race car revving its engine. That alone is worth the relatively low $1,899 price of admission. (I found it priced as low as $1,725 at PCVideoOnline.) Even when I'm in a meeting, I don't turn the sound off because of the unbridled envy that seems to show up in the eyes of my, granted mostly male, co-attendees. So far no one has complained."
Now I feel dirty for having read as much as I did.
-Sinter
One of the (former) World Champions of Magic the Gathering, Brian Kibler, was one of my brother's close friends in high school. Kibler went on to win the Nationals, and I believe that he placed second in the world for at least one year. It was very cool having a world-champion help me and my bro build our decks:-P.
Brian actually won several thousand dollars in one summer of playing...
At my workplace, our 2 server rooms are actually so loud that OSHA required a box of earplugs at every entrance:-P.
Gotta love those Dell PowerEdge-Noisemakers!
-Sinter
When I read the title of this article, only one scream came to mind, and I'm sure many of you will remember it. I have heard it used in many places, but the two most notable are these video games:
Dark Forces: Whenever you knock a Storm Trooper off a ledge to his death.
Starcraft: Whenever you select the Academy structure.
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It occurred to me that the launching tube is made out of PVC. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't PVC pipe usually used for drainage applications, and thus not suited for high-pressures? And thus, couldn't the pipe (theoretically) shatter and explode?
I certainly wouldnt want to be holding that thing anywhere near my crotch when it fires...
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I'm a bit more than a casual gamer, having built my last two PCs, and I do completely understand your point of view.
That being said, but my friend who has just about as much interest in gaming, and only owns an Xbox 360 and a netbook, was able to try the free demos in OnLive. Within 5 minutes of mentioning it to him he was already playing a recent, current-gen game that looked fantastic on his (small for my taste) screen. Sure, there was a little input lag, and the video quality was still not perfect, but honestly I was really blown away almost to the point of being giddy about the possibilities this could present.
That is their target demographic.
Where's +1 "Indiana Jones" when you need it?
That is quite ridiculous
A close relative of mine currently works for Novell, and you wouldn't believe how many people mispronounce SuSE. It is pronounced (by the German employees, at least): Zoo-suh, not Seuss, not Suzy. Just wanted to clear that up.
Clearly, you have misplaced your towel as well.
Try "hoopy frood" instead of froopy.
Just this winter, my friend and I were driving very early in the morning, on a nearly empty highway in farily dense fog. He was in the fast lane, and came upon a car that was going significantly slower than he. Now, he had plenty of room to pass on the right, but he decided to flash his lights at this car, but realized too late that it was a Cop!
We got pulled over, and the officer told us that it was actually illegal to flash your high-beams for any reason. You know why? It blinds the oncoming traffic!
I'm sure the MPAA will try their best to stop these drives from going on the market. In the same sense that the RIAA tried to stop CD burners when they first emerged.
The title on the http://www.michaelscomputers.com/ page reads:
"If you have to WAIT when clicked, your PC is too slow!"
Judging from the wonderful Slashdot effect (c), he should have followed his own advice.
-Sinter
Well, with all the recent Patriot Act right-restricting fun, I don't find it surprising at all that the first instinct of the government is to take the "guilty until proven innocent" route. I really think we should base our whole legal system off these principals, I mean, really, I can't understand why this hasn't happened before! /sarcasm
-Sinter
I admit, I stopped reading the article when I hit this paragraph: "One impressive piece of execution is that when you fire the machine up it plays a WAV file of a Ferrari race car revving its engine. That alone is worth the relatively low $1,899 price of admission. (I found it priced as low as $1,725 at PCVideoOnline.) Even when I'm in a meeting, I don't turn the sound off because of the unbridled envy that seems to show up in the eyes of my, granted mostly male, co-attendees. So far no one has complained." Now I feel dirty for having read as much as I did. -Sinter
You know what's funny?
:-P.
One of the (former) World Champions of Magic the Gathering, Brian Kibler, was one of my brother's close friends in high school. Kibler went on to win the Nationals, and I believe that he placed second in the world for at least one year. It was very cool having a world-champion help me and my bro build our decks
Brian actually won several thousand dollars in one summer of playing...
I wonder what he's up to now.
-Sinter
At my workplace, our 2 server rooms are actually so loud that OSHA required a box of earplugs at every entrance :-P.
Gotta love those Dell PowerEdge-Noisemakers!
-Sinter
When I read the title of this article, only one scream came to mind, and I'm sure many of you will remember it. I have heard it used in many places, but the two most notable are these video games:
Dark Forces: Whenever you knock a Storm Trooper off a ledge to his death.
Starcraft: Whenever you select the Academy structure.
It occurred to me that the launching tube is made out of PVC. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't PVC pipe usually used for drainage applications, and thus not suited for high-pressures? And thus, couldn't the pipe (theoretically) shatter and explode? I certainly wouldnt want to be holding that thing anywhere near my crotch when it fires...
"Shouldn't you have been in the test chamber an hour ago?"