I wasen't acctually there that night (went home for a warm shower and a real bed at my place in Rotterdam). But I left alot of my electonic gear in my tent and it was bone dry when I came back in the morning. I did pay a bit for a good tent tho.
It really seems to be coming down right now (11:15 - I'm acctually noticeing little droplets getting through to the inside of my tent.
I do agree that rain on the outside of a tent when you are cosy warm is a comforting sound:)
Washed away is a bit of an overstatement, a whole bunch of people had to sleep in Conference Tent 4, and move to a different area in the morning, but apart from that it's all good.
BTW: I just have to say it's wierd being on a campground with an average of two computers per tent:)
It's not as though the BF:2 helicopters control better, they're just... different.
That's because its a hybrid of BF:Vietnam and BF:1942-DesertCombat. The Desert Combat mod had the first implementation of Helicopters (and the best IMO), then DICE did their own for BF:V then they bought Trauma studios (the guys behind BF:DC) and I guess they reached the current compromise, which is the worst of both worlds.
Although I've never used BeOS I have followed its progress over the years and the information on the capabilities of BeFS outlined in this article are intriguing to me.
Looking at the filesystems sypported by fdisk on my linux box I see "eb - BeOS fs". Is it possible to use BeOS on Linux? And would you get the searching and other funky goodness?
I had a good look at the images on that link (and the ones on GameSpot), it looks pretty dissapointing to me. No multi-hight within levels, no world view, no base management...lame. Not worthy of the XCOM name.
I also bought an alienware 51M in 2003, but I went for a Nvidia 5600go.
I must admit that it is heavy, and not quiet, but then I expected it to be a "luggable" not a real portable.
It's much easier going to LAN parties with it than a regular PC and the rest of the time it sits on my desk.
It was expensive, but I've been quite happy with it.
Oh and the only reason I bought it was because it was the ONLY laptop at the time that had a nVidia chipset and a 1600x1200 screen.
I still haven't found a laptop with those two features combined.
Wrong, check here.
It dosen't matter where you go the law goes with you.
I personnaly think it is pretty stupid, as more and more laws become extraterritorial you will eventually get to the point where, while visiting a country with contradicting laws to your own your "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
That's because the Windows.ico format is a complex meta-format with the capacity for multiple icon sizes and color depths. Paint Is just a rudimentary application like notepad and has never been the target of much improvement by MS.
While it would be going too far to call this statement "wrong" you are basicly asserting that you cannot create a windows icon without all of that meta-data, orignaly windows icons had no such meta-data (Win 3.1 days) icons were just 32x32 monocrome or 16 color (4bit) BMP files renamed to.ICO.
Indeed, if you create such a file in MS Paint and rename it, it will be recognised as a valid icon. It will even automagicly create a 16x16 version for use in the Start menu ect. This is true for all windows right up to and including WinXP.
I agree with everything in your comment except for this. I too have been disgusted with the way software insists that it must control my computer to allow me to use a particular program.
However, recently I discovered that the copy protection on a game that I wanted to play (TrackMania) is not only good in the sense that it does not install drivers or require the removal of other software, but also is also good in sense that it has not been cracked since the most recent version of the outsourced copy protection was updated (StarForce I believe) many months ago.
FYI: Trackmania uses Starforce and has not been cracked. Real pain in the ass when I want to play on my laptop and use an extra battery rather than my CD drive.
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I wasen't acctually there that night (went home for a warm shower and a real bed at my place in Rotterdam). But I left alot of my electonic gear in my tent and it was bone dry when I came back in the morning. I did pay a bit for a good tent tho. :)
It really seems to be coming down right now (11:15 - I'm acctually noticeing little droplets getting through to the inside of my tent.
I do agree that rain on the outside of a tent when you are cosy warm is a comforting sound
Washed away is a bit of an overstatement, a whole bunch of people had to sleep in Conference Tent 4, and move to a different area in the morning, but apart from that it's all good. :)
BTW: I just have to say it's wierd being on a campground with an average of two computers per tent
It does not bode well that neither TAS or WA have working websites :-P
It's not as though the BF:2 helicopters control better, they're just... different.
That's because its a hybrid of BF:Vietnam and BF:1942-DesertCombat. The Desert Combat mod had the first implementation of Helicopters (and the best IMO), then DICE did their own for BF:V then they bought Trauma studios (the guys behind BF:DC) and I guess they reached the current compromise, which is the worst of both worlds.
I know BeOS was a cool thing (especially BeFS)
Although I've never used BeOS I have followed its progress over the years and the information on the capabilities of BeFS outlined in this article are intriguing to me.
Looking at the filesystems sypported by fdisk on my linux box I see "eb - BeOS fs". Is it possible to use BeOS on Linux? And would you get the searching and other funky goodness?
I had a good look at the images on that link (and the ones on GameSpot), it looks pretty dissapointing to me. No multi-hight within levels, no world view, no base management...lame. Not worthy of the XCOM name.
I wish slashdot had an "add this post to my favorites list" feature.
Totally agree, Tie Fighter was the best. Nothing compares.
(secret order tatoos were cool).
Stop it now! You're all hurting my brain!
Also, before the PS2 hardware was a reality they used software emulators running on Linux.
I also bought an alienware 51M in 2003, but I went for a Nvidia 5600go.
I must admit that it is heavy, and not quiet, but then I expected it to be a "luggable" not a real portable.
It's much easier going to LAN parties with it than a regular PC and the rest of the time it sits on my desk. It was expensive, but I've been quite happy with it.
Oh and the only reason I bought it was because it was the ONLY laptop at the time that had a nVidia chipset and a 1600x1200 screen.
I still haven't found a laptop with those two features combined.
Actually at one stage they advertised the fact that you could run Win95 with 4mb of ram. I've seen it done, it was not pretty.
Wrong, check here.
It dosen't matter where you go the law goes with you.
I personnaly think it is pretty stupid, as more and more laws become extraterritorial you will eventually get to the point where, while visiting a country with contradicting laws to your own your "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
Great for when your stuck waiting in a doctors office...
Theres only so much fun you can have fragging - but once you start playing silly mini games
Right ON! Am I the only one who played two player soccer on the tennis court with a trash can?
Hours of fun!
That's because the Windows .ico format is a complex meta-format with the capacity for multiple icon sizes and color depths. Paint Is just a rudimentary application like notepad and has never been the target of much improvement by MS.
.ICO.
.ICO format was Very Very simple.
While it would be going too far to call this statement "wrong" you are basicly asserting that you cannot create a windows icon without all of that meta-data, orignaly windows icons had no such meta-data (Win 3.1 days) icons were just 32x32 monocrome or 16 color (4bit) BMP files renamed to
Indeed, if you create such a file in MS Paint and rename it, it will be recognised as a valid icon. It will even automagicly create a 16x16 version for use in the Start menu ect. This is true for all windows right up to and including WinXP.
The original
Copy protection just doesn't work. Period.
I agree with everything in your comment except for this. I too have been disgusted with the way software insists that it must control my computer to allow me to use a particular program.
However, recently I discovered that the copy protection on a game that I wanted to play (TrackMania) is not only good in the sense that it does not install drivers or require the removal of other software, but also is also good in sense that it has not been cracked since the most recent version of the outsourced copy protection was updated (StarForce I believe) many months ago.
Melbourne sucks, Sydney RULES!
:(
J/K they both suck, I'm just stuck in syd.
Nope, there is no asterix next to his name.
XP Home only allows 10 concurrent connections, not counting all the other bad stuff related to running MS as a server.
So is Michael Moore.
FYI: Trackmania uses Starforce and has not been cracked. Real pain in the ass when I want to play on my laptop and use an extra battery rather than my CD drive.
Careful, rings of the fish are Auto-Cursing in ADOM.
Prince of Persia (the original)
Civ II was available on PSone, apparently it was quite playable...