Don't forget the amazing Marble Blast Ultra! I'm mildly ashamed to admit it (mostly because of the price of the 360), but I'm more excited about getting a 360 for that game than for all the others I'll hopefully eventually have on it (Geometry Wars, Castlevania SotN, Oblivion, Gears of War, Halo 3, GTA IV, Metal Gear Solid 4, DOA 4)...
And now you can hit 'C' to target the closest enemy, and tab through the enemies if you want. And you just hit Spacebar to start combat. And then (here's what makes GW more fun than WoW) you actually have to think about which numbers of 1-8 you press!
I wouldn't really call Guild Wars linear, after having put in 1200 hours. Sure, the main story of each chapter is linear, but that's not really "the" game. I spent most of my time in GW doing what I wanted, when I wanted, where I wanted, so I'd call that pretty open-ended.
Vista does symlinks? Sweet! Having used Vista quite a bit myself (and I'm not being sarcastic here), that or the indexed insta-search are probably the best new features.
Maybe you should check out Winamp 5 for your time on Windows.. I usually miss Winamp when I have to use Amarok on Linux.. here's a screenshot of how you can configure it now (it's different than it was back in the 2.x days).
Yes, because I'm sure a couple extra models and levels (probably using mostly the same textures as the rest of the game) absolutely could not fit in 9 gigs.
Thanks for the tip, it was encouraging to hear that from someone who actually used Filterset.G.
I've been using Filterset.G for a long time too, but I just switched to EasyList and EasyElement. This part of the Adblock Plus FAQ helped me make that decision (in summary, Filterset.G sometimes whitelists ads, and it uses complicated regexes that slow down browsing).
I had completely forgotten about OS X (I guess I was just thinking within the realm of things I can afford). Yes, OS X is incredibly slick. If I had money for equivalent Apple hardware (I've got an Athlon 64 FX-53, 2GB DDR400, and a Geforce 7800 GS) and didn't enjoy playing games on Windows (or can you play Windows games on a G5 with Boot Camp?), I'd consider a Mac. But alas, being a college student has relegated me to the dry-spaghetti-noodles-dipped-in-peanut-butter-for- lunch-and-dinner income bracket.
The Start Menu insta-search and the new Windows Explorer are both really nice. Not saying it's worth buying (borrow a disc for a legal 12 month trial), but just pointing out some of the nicer unmentioned features.
Jesus Christ, THANK YOU! I did not know about F2 renaming shit.
I just had a fun little realization of how much of a nerd I am: 1) I got genuinely excited that I learned a new keyboard shortcut. 2) I was already having a good day because the Oblivion expansion is coming out. 3) I'm posting 1) and 2) to Slashdot.
While I agree with what you're saying, I have to disagree with the quotes around "pretty"... XP was indeed "prettier" (with quotes) than the 2000 it was built off of, but I have to say the Vista UI really, really does look slick (try Graphite window color with full transparency). I haven't yet found a KDE, Gnome, or XP theme to match it.
Very true. And I suppose Ubuntu users (who this was originally about) are roughly equivalent to MS's target, making my whole line of thinking irrelevant. Oh well, it's fun to dream.
You see? If you had the Source Code, you -- or a competent programmer of your choice -- could have fixed it by now.
No need to point out the advantages of open source to me, I dual-boot XP (already quit Vista) and Slackware. I still need Windows for entertainment, as it's my only game system, and I have very good taste in games (meaning Tux Racer and Quake 3, while fun, aren't enough). Plus sometimes I don't feel like tinkering and I want things to Just Work.
Good point. I fully concede that the logic I provided was not really, well, logical. And thanks for the compliment! It was more an act of laziness on my part, as I didn't want to try to explain (on Slashdot especially) how exactly some Microsoft software proves their talent.
Ah, I know what you're talking about ("ooh, it's fun to paint the screen white while I'm waiting for this to work!"), but I was referring to Aero's yummy glass effect.
Very good point. However, you'd think they could hard-code all the important directories (C:\, C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, etc) into it, and if none of them were the install directory, they could offer the option. Or maybe have a Typical/Advanced option at the start of the uninstallation (although, maybe the genius who thought they were being clever installing to C:\ would also think they should do Advanced).
Oh well, I guess I'll just learn to live with the whole lowest-common-denominator target audience thing when using (or.. UN-using?) programs for Windows.
Although I'm sure everything you mentioned (old XP rights, Defender, UAC, Indexing) also cause problems, I'm pretty sure this is different:
This has happened to me with nothing but Explorer open, and I always have Defender and UAC disabled. I'd finished indexing already (although I didn't disable the indexer, why use Vista if you aren't using the actual good features?). As for XP rights, I would never do an upgrade installation - this was a clean install, I was on my 12-month trial:) Also, the files being copied were on my backup hard drive that never had an OS on it, or any XP sharing or password/permissions set on the files.
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Don't forget the amazing Marble Blast Ultra! I'm mildly ashamed to admit it (mostly because of the price of the 360), but I'm more excited about getting a 360 for that game than for all the others I'll hopefully eventually have on it (Geometry Wars, Castlevania SotN, Oblivion, Gears of War, Halo 3, GTA IV, Metal Gear Solid 4, DOA 4)...
And now you can hit 'C' to target the closest enemy, and tab through the enemies if you want. And you just hit Spacebar to start combat. And then (here's what makes GW more fun than WoW) you actually have to think about which numbers of 1-8 you press!
I wouldn't really call Guild Wars linear, after having put in 1200 hours. Sure, the main story of each chapter is linear, but that's not really "the" game. I spent most of my time in GW doing what I wanted, when I wanted, where I wanted, so I'd call that pretty open-ended.
Vista does symlinks? Sweet! Having used Vista quite a bit myself (and I'm not being sarcastic here), that or the indexed insta-search are probably the best new features.
Maybe you should check out Winamp 5 for your time on Windows.. I usually miss Winamp when I have to use Amarok on Linux.. here's a screenshot of how you can configure it now (it's different than it was back in the 2.x days).
Yes, because I'm sure a couple extra models and levels (probably using mostly the same textures as the rest of the game) absolutely could not fit in 9 gigs.
Thanks for the tip, it was encouraging to hear that from someone who actually used Filterset.G.
I've been using Filterset.G for a long time too, but I just switched to EasyList and EasyElement. This part of the Adblock Plus FAQ helped me make that decision (in summary, Filterset.G sometimes whitelists ads, and it uses complicated regexes that slow down browsing).
Oh, I realize that (I have My Documents pointing to D:\). But that's what environment variables are for.
Yeah, I've tried Beryl and it's really sweet, but I wasn't really talking about Vista effects, just the black theme.
I had completely forgotten about OS X (I guess I was just thinking within the realm of things I can afford). Yes, OS X is incredibly slick. If I had money for equivalent Apple hardware (I've got an Athlon 64 FX-53, 2GB DDR400, and a Geforce 7800 GS) and didn't enjoy playing games on Windows (or can you play Windows games on a G5 with Boot Camp?), I'd consider a Mac. But alas, being a college student has relegated me to the dry-spaghetti-noodles-dipped-in-peanut-butter-for- lunch-and-dinner income bracket.
No, the easiest way is to add Chuck Norris. This is because when Chuck Norris goes in the water, he doesn't get wet; the water gets Chuck Norris.
The Start Menu insta-search and the new Windows Explorer are both really nice. Not saying it's worth buying (borrow a disc for a legal 12 month trial), but just pointing out some of the nicer unmentioned features.
Jesus Christ, THANK YOU! I did not know about F2 renaming shit.
I just had a fun little realization of how much of a nerd I am:
1) I got genuinely excited that I learned a new keyboard shortcut.
2) I was already having a good day because the Oblivion expansion is coming out.
3) I'm posting 1) and 2) to Slashdot.
While I agree with what you're saying, I have to disagree with the quotes around "pretty"... XP was indeed "prettier" (with quotes) than the 2000 it was built off of, but I have to say the Vista UI really, really does look slick (try Graphite window color with full transparency). I haven't yet found a KDE, Gnome, or XP theme to match it.
Very true. And I suppose Ubuntu users (who this was originally about) are roughly equivalent to MS's target, making my whole line of thinking irrelevant. Oh well, it's fun to dream.
ASCII porn!
Good point. I fully concede that the logic I provided was not really, well, logical. And thanks for the compliment! It was more an act of laziness on my part, as I didn't want to try to explain (on Slashdot especially) how exactly some Microsoft software proves their talent.
Interesting, but my experiences with this have been with copying on the same local partition, like from D:\ass\file.txt to D:\hole\file.txt.
Ah, I know what you're talking about ("ooh, it's fun to paint the screen white while I'm waiting for this to work!"), but I was referring to Aero's yummy glass effect.
Very good point. However, you'd think they could hard-code all the important directories (C:\, C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, etc) into it, and if none of them were the install directory, they could offer the option. Or maybe have a Typical/Advanced option at the start of the uninstallation (although, maybe the genius who thought they were being clever installing to C:\ would also think they should do Advanced).
Oh well, I guess I'll just learn to live with the whole lowest-common-denominator target audience thing when using (or.. UN-using?) programs for Windows.
Although I'm sure everything you mentioned (old XP rights, Defender, UAC, Indexing) also cause problems, I'm pretty sure this is different:
:) Also, the files being copied were on my backup hard drive that never had an OS on it, or any XP sharing or password/permissions set on the files.
This has happened to me with nothing but Explorer open, and I always have Defender and UAC disabled. I'd finished indexing already (although I didn't disable the indexer, why use Vista if you aren't using the actual good features?). As for XP rights, I would never do an upgrade installation - this was a clean install, I was on my 12-month trial