Don't mean to be a kill-joy, but this was IMO one of the saddest things in american history. The US navy was well known for assigning black ppl who join up to this type of duty. (There have been movies about it in the past, I believe). Loading ammo was a shit job. But the explosion but no huge deal was ever made of it because most of the victims were black. In fact, most of the base was black, due to segregation. Had this not been the case, that place would be memorialized already - likely almost as commonly known of a WWII place as Pearl Harbor.
That was also the pivotal event that eventually led to the Navy officially desegregating.
Every time blood gets drawn from me, they try to use that huge needle that doesn't work. Each time I tell them: "it won't work, use a butterfly." Each time I get stuck 3-4 times before he/she tries a butterfly. (You know, the ones with the tiny needle and a little handle that looks like a...guess.)
Then they always ask how I would know it would work, and I'm helpless to do anything but stare...
Even MORE room for all of the microsoft ads and spam! Gee, what will I ever do without them? I use my hotmail account as a catchall for places (read: nosey websites) I wouldn't trust with my real email address. I don't fill that pithy 2MB often, and when I do, simply deleting the mandatory Microsoft stuff is fine.
GMail doesn't intrude much, is easy to use/organize, and is simply superior. MS could offer a terabyte of email for all I care. I'm not so much as batting an eye.
Being an industry standard for the most part helps. But I think the fact that it's a several thousand dollar piece of software helps.
But seriously, Maya is much more widely known than Blender. More importanly, It has a VERY large market share and a community to go with it. Head over to 3DBuzz and check out all of the FREE training videos you can get, which I watch religously. (Then look for the blender section.)
Living out in the middle of nowhere, I can't get easy access to blender training materials terribly easy, or Maya either, for that matter. Being in a 5 person development studio doesn't give me time to learn 5 envrionments - I'm just a programmer! (Albeit a programmer who isn't afraid to trace..err...draw sometimes.)
As it was said earlier, if you're serious about 3D you have to go with at least one big name renderer sometime - especially in a career.
I agree completely. More companies would turn out quality linux titles, and possibly even the first real "blockbuster linux-only title" if it were possible to stay afloat doing it. If I could I would in a heartbeat, even if I had to keep my own cost of living down to do so.
My beef with die-hard linux users is that they are so into that word "free" that the only way they'd "pay" for a game is if it came with a piece of hardware!
I've discussed this option before, and it's difficult to do without developing an entirely new online distribution format, however it is (in the end) an infinite uphill battle when it comes to copyprotecting non-multiplayer games. Signing a download will simply thward willy-nilly copiers. Any warez producer worth their salt will breeze by this one by either producing their own archives by simply ferreting out the watermark.
I'm not familiar with cedega, but I'm sure it's no different from any other title. If it ain't an MMO, you can't attain near-zero piracy - period.
Maybe someday, when bandwidth is free, we can write games that you simply "connect" to. It'll connect to your kb/mouse/controllers, and you'll get a video feed back, or some commands for your 3D renderer. No updates, no piracy, no privacy.
In my opinion would be a translation of the 80s table top RPG "Rifts". I still GM a game myself, and it's quite fun. Some years back me and some friends begun drafting an engine that could support a universe of unlimited size (macro infinite), with a real sense of scale on individual planets, particually earth. We even came up with a way to effectively simulate other "dimensions" - populated by tons of unique and varied AI that reminds you of KOTOR or GTA at first glance. The idea was to space out players and their respective parties enough to make PvP ok, even likely. (BTW, this is an engine meant for hardcore players with organized parties.)
We had grand ideas for playing out the "magic versus technology" theme, technowizards, men of arms, magic users, "Megadamage"...even psionics were planned for inclusion in the engine.
We started developing some 3D models using the books, I still have my glitterboy "blueprint" where a friend and I managed to draft a sideview and create a nice textured 3D model.
I failed to contact Palladium books however, so the project has since been scrapped. We've taken many of the themes and have since started a much different RPG that offers more creative control than we would have to accept from Palladium and their lawyers. If I were to ever be contacted by one of them, I'd surely strike up a dialog. But until then I'm going to sit back and work on the engine with my buddies. The alternate game won't be done (done = mmog ready) for some time anyway - after the MMO craze has subsided a bit. Until then I'll try my hand at and rpg or two, possibly an RTS also. I'd write an FPS, but god knows there are too many of those for PC also.
Does Doom3 have a co-op mode? because if it does, I'll go buy it right NOW. If not, I'll wait a bit - fun co-op games are rare, and if it's honestly that creepy, 2 makes for twice the fun.
This goes completely against games with "virtual" economies. Players with deep pockets will tend to own more property, have better items, and eventually social stature. Why duplicate real life by unbalancing your game with such a destructive force. Not all game companies are in it for the money.
the only reason developers deal with publishers at all is shelf-space, plain and simple. If you write a game and want it on display at Sam Goody, Electronics Botique, or Wal-Mart - you have to do it over their dead body.
Game publishing companies are aiming to be the digital equivilant to the RIAA, in many respects. With developers as the under-paid artists.
If the biggest dev studios (and small ones too) resorted to using their own means of publishing - such as "Steam", eBay, and Online ordering - then magic might happen.
Less hype, few patches, longer development cycles, and better games. Developers will get what they deserve, and piracy will be negligible again.
Copy protection begins and ends with cd-keys as multiplayer licenses. So don't waste your time/money on safedisc/laserlok/whatever. Piracy is forever, and you won't be it's champion unless you're running an MMOG, and maybe not even then.
Publishers such as Garagegames have the right idea IMO. Fight the power!
I didn't RTFA, but this is insane. Pre-emptively limiting an email service's search facilities. For what reason? Privacy?
If that's the case, then I'm pissed. Where were the "pre-emptive privacy legislators" when Gator came along, or any other data mining company? I like to see some laws stopping windows from phoning home, or at least asking first. Ooooh, here's one: How about a law that will limit from being in the phonebook, until I OPT-IN?
Useful, probably not. But moreso than limiting pre-cached searches.
can be good or bad. Depending on the conduct of the station operators. Following Part-15 rules isn't enough for much, And most stations will succumb to illegal/unlicensed equipment, illegal/unnecessary ERP, and rampant interference.
Of course, there will be those with no license to play music over the air, and all will. Personally, I'd like to see these psuedo-pirate stations feature local bands and "stars".
What if these micro-stations were even more organized? Several low-power broadcasting stations playing an internet-radio feed simultaneously? If a company did it, this could be a very powerful medium.
I, for one, love to see new operators. More potential hams, and more preparedness during emergencies. But that's just me.
They have internet2, but won't let students really use it. Heck, you gotta fight to really use THE internet. I've fought IT there on more than one occassion.
MMORPGs experience the same phonemena. I suspect it's a simple difference in values and culture that produces the differences. Contrary to popular (american) thought: Original titles, as opposed to franchises, seem to rule overseas. Unlike my previous girlfriend, who liked Legolas more than me, they don't run out and buy every movie related item they see...sounds like I should be in Japan.
...Has gotten to be as nortorius as patents. So I'll just use my classic example of why this could lead to a much worse world:
If everyone had the right to stop reverse engineering of their products, Ford should be allowed to send cease and desist letters to anyone who makes cars. Because building interoperable parts, or better cars infringes on their rights. Besides, who needs a Ferrari anyway?
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Don't mean to be a kill-joy, but this was IMO one of the saddest things in american history. The US navy was well known for assigning black ppl who join up to this type of duty. (There have been movies about it in the past, I believe). Loading ammo was a shit job. But the explosion but no huge deal was ever made of it because most of the victims were black. In fact, most of the base was black, due to segregation. Had this not been the case, that place would be memorialized already - likely almost as commonly known of a WWII place as Pearl Harbor.
That was also the pivotal event that eventually led to the Navy officially desegregating.
Every Cray is sa - cred.
Every Cray is greaaat...
If a Cray is was-ted,
Paul gets quite i-raaate!
(Thank you, thank you very much.)
Every time blood gets drawn from me, they try to use that huge needle that doesn't work. Each time I tell them: "it won't work, use a butterfly." Each time I get stuck 3-4 times before he/she tries a butterfly. (You know, the ones with the tiny needle and a little handle that looks like a...guess.)
Then they always ask how I would know it would work, and I'm helpless to do anything but stare...
Even MORE room for all of the microsoft ads and spam! Gee, what will I ever do without them? I use my hotmail account as a catchall for places (read: nosey websites) I wouldn't trust with my real email address. I don't fill that pithy 2MB often, and when I do, simply deleting the mandatory Microsoft stuff is fine. GMail doesn't intrude much, is easy to use/organize, and is simply superior. MS could offer a terabyte of email for all I care. I'm not so much as batting an eye.
Being an industry standard for the most part helps. But I think the fact that it's a several thousand dollar piece of software helps.
But seriously, Maya is much more widely known than Blender. More importanly, It has a VERY large market share and a community to go with it. Head over to 3DBuzz and check out all of the FREE training videos you can get, which I watch religously. (Then look for the blender section.) Living out in the middle of nowhere, I can't get easy access to blender training materials terribly easy, or Maya either, for that matter. Being in a 5 person development studio doesn't give me time to learn 5 envrionments - I'm just a programmer! (Albeit a programmer who isn't afraid to trace..err...draw sometimes.)
As it was said earlier, if you're serious about 3D you have to go with at least one big name renderer sometime - especially in a career.
You could do *that* with little more than a unique product key and require registration before offering support.
I agree completely. More companies would turn out quality linux titles, and possibly even the first real "blockbuster linux-only title" if it were possible to stay afloat doing it. If I could I would in a heartbeat, even if I had to keep my own cost of living down to do so. My beef with die-hard linux users is that they are so into that word "free" that the only way they'd "pay" for a game is if it came with a piece of hardware!
..but I feel their pain.
I've discussed this option before, and it's difficult to do without developing an entirely new online distribution format, however it is (in the end) an infinite uphill battle when it comes to copyprotecting non-multiplayer games. Signing a download will simply thward willy-nilly copiers. Any warez producer worth their salt will breeze by this one by either producing their own archives by simply ferreting out the watermark.
I'm not familiar with cedega, but I'm sure it's no different from any other title. If it ain't an MMO, you can't attain near-zero piracy - period.
Maybe someday, when bandwidth is free, we can write games that you simply "connect" to. It'll connect to your kb/mouse/controllers, and you'll get a video feed back, or some commands for your 3D renderer. No updates, no piracy, no privacy.
In my opinion would be a translation of the 80s table top RPG "Rifts". I still GM a game myself, and it's quite fun. Some years back me and some friends begun drafting an engine that could support a universe of unlimited size (macro infinite), with a real sense of scale on individual planets, particually earth. We even came up with a way to effectively simulate other "dimensions" - populated by tons of unique and varied AI that reminds you of KOTOR or GTA at first glance. The idea was to space out players and their respective parties enough to make PvP ok, even likely. (BTW, this is an engine meant for hardcore players with organized parties.)
We had grand ideas for playing out the "magic versus technology" theme, technowizards, men of arms, magic users, "Megadamage"...even psionics were planned for inclusion in the engine.
We started developing some 3D models using the books, I still have my glitterboy "blueprint" where a friend and I managed to draft a sideview and create a nice textured 3D model.
I failed to contact Palladium books however, so the project has since been scrapped. We've taken many of the themes and have since started a much different RPG that offers more creative control than we would have to accept from Palladium and their lawyers. If I were to ever be contacted by one of them, I'd surely strike up a dialog. But until then I'm going to sit back and work on the engine with my buddies. The alternate game won't be done (done = mmog ready) for some time anyway - after the MMO craze has subsided a bit. Until then I'll try my hand at and rpg or two, possibly an RTS also. I'd write an FPS, but god knows there are too many of those for PC also.
I just got this account! If my domain changes because of some asshole company, I'm gonna be pissed! Makes me wish I thought of it though.
So....Who's ready to program for minimum wage? Me being unemployed and all...it wouldn't be so bad, would it?
Does Doom3 have a co-op mode? because if it does, I'll go buy it right NOW. If not, I'll wait a bit - fun co-op games are rare, and if it's honestly that creepy, 2 makes for twice the fun.
This goes completely against games with "virtual" economies. Players with deep pockets will tend to own more property, have better items, and eventually social stature. Why duplicate real life by unbalancing your game with such a destructive force. Not all game companies are in it for the money.
the only reason developers deal with publishers at all is shelf-space, plain and simple. If you write a game and want it on display at Sam Goody, Electronics Botique, or Wal-Mart - you have to do it over their dead body.
Game publishing companies are aiming to be the digital equivilant to the RIAA, in many respects. With developers as the under-paid artists.
If the biggest dev studios (and small ones too) resorted to using their own means of publishing - such as "Steam", eBay, and Online ordering - then magic might happen.
Less hype, few patches, longer development cycles, and better games. Developers will get what they deserve, and piracy will be negligible again.
Copy protection begins and ends with cd-keys as multiplayer licenses. So don't waste your time/money on safedisc/laserlok/whatever. Piracy is forever, and you won't be it's champion unless you're running an MMOG, and maybe not even then.
Publishers such as Garagegames have the right idea IMO. Fight the power!
I didn't RTFA, but this is insane. Pre-emptively limiting an email service's search facilities. For what reason? Privacy?
If that's the case, then I'm pissed. Where were the "pre-emptive privacy legislators" when Gator came along, or any other data mining company? I like to see some laws stopping windows from phoning home, or at least asking first. Ooooh, here's one: How about a law that will limit from being in the phonebook, until I OPT-IN?
Useful, probably not. But moreso than limiting pre-cached searches.
b. I will not have to upgrade my system to run better/newer games in 2-3 years later.
:P.
Then the PC part will be useless in about 6 months
Seriously, 2 years is as long as a top-end system can hope to survive and still be considered midrange.
Here in the USA, the government's nowhere close to banning porn.
:P
You must not live in Oklahoma!
This isn't redundant, it's recursive. There's a difference!
...I see Bush on TV...
...addressing the nation...
lasers....
satellites...
Oh wait, my bad. That was Reagan! Or was it?
...URLs were meant to help avoid precisely this!
can be good or bad. Depending on the conduct of the station operators. Following Part-15 rules isn't enough for much, And most stations will succumb to illegal/unlicensed equipment, illegal/unnecessary ERP, and rampant interference.
Of course, there will be those with no license to play music over the air, and all will. Personally, I'd like to see these psuedo-pirate stations feature local bands and "stars".
What if these micro-stations were even more organized? Several low-power broadcasting stations playing an internet-radio feed simultaneously? If a company did it, this could be a very powerful medium.
I, for one, love to see new operators. More potential hams, and more preparedness during emergencies. But that's just me.
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They have internet2, but won't let students really use it. Heck, you gotta fight to really use THE internet. I've fought IT there on more than one occassion.
Maybe when I said franchise, I misworded. I meant license. As in Star Wars, LOTR, and The Matrix. Of course game franchises will live on.
MMORPGs experience the same phonemena. I suspect it's a simple difference in values and culture that produces the differences. Contrary to popular (american) thought: Original titles, as opposed to franchises, seem to rule overseas. Unlike my previous girlfriend, who liked Legolas more than me, they don't run out and buy every movie related item they see...sounds like I should be in Japan.
...Has gotten to be as nortorius as patents. So I'll just use my classic example of why this could lead to a much worse world:
If everyone had the right to stop reverse engineering of their products, Ford should be allowed to send cease and desist letters to anyone who makes cars. Because building interoperable parts, or better cars infringes on their rights. Besides, who needs a Ferrari anyway?