Personally, I think MOH:AA is a piece of shit. Someone gave me the windows version, so I played through it. Of course, it's pretty much non-stop mindless action (kill soldier, retrieve ammunition, get healthpack, repeat).
1) No replay value. At all. Quake had replay value because it had secrets, and went so fast you could complete an entire episode in fifteen minutes, and it had that nice "shooting-shooting" game feel to it. AA moves slow enough to be a "thinking-shooting" game, but there is hardly enough strategy to warrant it's placement in such a catagory. There is one very difficult, strategical level, where you have to clear an area of snipers, without getting your guys killed, and that is about as strategical as it gets.
2) Very little multiplayer value. I started a server just with myself~and couldn't complete objectives! SucK! Granted, I don't actually have friends, so I couldn't test MP in a "real world env".
3) There isn't even pretty graphics to redeem itself: it is the Q3 engine. Although the manual claims that WWII battle gear was so thick that it obstructed blood from seeping out of wounds (only partially believable), you can shoot someone in their fucking head and no blood, whatsoever. Realism, my ass, they're just whoring for their ESRB "T" rating.
In short: Why port this game, of all games, to linux? Why not soldat, as was done with the succulent frabs?
Oh yeah..it's closed source..I forgot..
Re:I once got an actual stanza...
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Spam as Poetry
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It's mere subversive advertising, conditioning your mind for an onslaught of offers of "Bent Bullion, only one Scorch if you Quake now, you Handsom Myseri"!
Yeah, actually, everyone else is probably right, its a baysian scramble mech. Either that, or their bots are getting a bit confused.
Couches are hardware. You can only use a couch if it's there, for you to sit/lie on.
Games, however, are "intellectual property", "IT wares", "bits and bytes", whatever you want to call it. It's streams of information, and information can be easily copied. Because of this, a videogame loses much of its face value when you tear off that shiny wrapper.
Also, Couches depreciate much slower then videogames, simply because a couch's resale value stays pretty good, as long as the cushions are still nice and cushy, and the frame isn't broken.
Disclaimer: IANAUFS (I Am NOt A Used Furniture Salesman), IANAHCG (I Am NOt A Hard Core Gamer), and finally, IANAL.
..on the rock and his movie(s). (scroll to bottom of page to see orignal quote. Or just trust me that I quoted it right (hah! these are the people that PGP sign their usenet postings (which isn't neccesarily a bad idea (apologies for the nested parenth.) but is still rather..weird?))fat chance, eh?)
Quote: [The rock is] also set to play in Spy Hunter (wow, a wrestler-videogame movie about a game which didn't even have a main character. I'm stoked) I hear. I assume he's going to play the car, and run down the road tossing missles at people (occasionally stopping to Rock Bottom a Bentley).
But intresting points made, even if the rock is stuck in "wrestler-actor limbo", he does a damn good job: fighting, acting, and Rocking. When I say Rocking, I'm talking about the fact that all the chicks I know (which is more then you/-nerds would expect) watch The Rock's movies solely for the fact that he is, quote, "A total hunk!", "really sexily built", and "has a nice bod", unquothe.
I want an option to order a Ninja Burger! True quality, fast and cheap!..granted, you might have replace a window/doorframe/wall or two, but it's worth it, right?
Around here (delaware), we got the yellow caps after a couple weeks, and I redeemed about 7. Unfortuantly, they don't have any more around here. I guess they ran out: there just aren't any around. None. At all.
Yes, Macs *do* have "modern" games available to them. But I keep my PC around because I play older games, more often. Looking around, I have: Wolfenstein: Enemy territory Grand Theft Auto (the first one,DOS) Quake 3 demo (which I've had problems with, on the mac) UT2k4 demo Meteor 1.2 Desert strike(DOS) Deus Ex Cannon fodder 1 & 2
In boxes around me, I have: Descent 1 Myst Riven Half-life Fighter Duel(DOS) MOH:AA
How many of those games are out for OSX? Some, to be sure. But the vast majority..not. My PC lets me play old, fun dos games. Macs don't. What could I do on a mac, that my PC doesn't let me do?
Stability, you say? My (new,homebuilt) windows XP pro PC has "soft crashed" twice in the 3 months i've had it.
When I want to experiment with 'nix, I fire up 'nix box, over to my right.
I remember being able to do this all the way back in 98. Multiple keyboards, mice, monitors..at least, it was claimed. I never got the hardware together to test it, and I would, except I still don't own enough hardware (aka USB mice and keyboards), and my former 98 box is running redhat now.
But anyways. Back in the day, this was one of the things that enthralled me as a computing newbie. I wasn't sure how it worked, and looking back, I suppose it used USB (did they have usb?), and....ah, the memories....ah, the blue screens..
Yes, but don't forget about condensation. You need some sort of super-dehumidifier, or a solution such as that used by Tom's Hardware several months ago (when they booted a P4 to 5ghz). Too lazy to link/whore karma.
I've been studying electric vehicles (EVs) for the past two weeks. There really is no efficient way to run them. They are slower, their "fuel supply" is heavier (batteries), and you have to choose between torque and speed.
Its kinda hard to used "existing technology" from a *car* in an EV. What will they use? Drivetrains? Too heavy. (although there will be a lighter, EV-sized drivetrain) Air conditioning systems? Headlights? Brakes? Tires? (it helps to have a slightly deflated tire on your EV: something most cars aren't compatible with)
What can they use, my furry little friend?
Re:Slashdotters==Curmudgeons?
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If it helps, I'm 15, been around/. for about a year. I don't/wouldn't proudly identify myself with slashdot, because an unusually large percentage are: a)perverts ("lesbians!","cowboyneal fucks dogs") b)assholes ("you're wrong, and I'm so right i don't need to explain why!") c)illogical ("bush should've 'drawn out' iRaq instead of killing all those innocent people!","why isn't bush defending our country from terrorists","why does bush want to spend so much on Star Wars missle defense?","why didn't bush make sure we knew about 9/11","why does bush spend so much on the military and black budget?")
So there you go. I don't buy slashdot t-shirts, subscribe, donate, and I rarely participate anymore. It's just not worth filtering through all the shit to get to the good stuff.
I know I'll get flamed over the bush thing, but there is where I stand, and sticks and stones may break my bones, but flamers may never hurt me.
Slashdot never has really made up its own articles. It's more of a news hub(links to lots of storys, and has forums), not a news site(doesn't make up its news, like CNN).
A long time ago, I played some sort of spoof game that had you fighting "tekno dmons" from "myKroSopht". I tried typing mykrosopht.com in my browser, and came up with a porn sight....
An intresting article, but fraught (as with many "there it went" and "here it comes") soley with human opinion. A little more fact, please?
I've never even heard of most of the stuff in his list. Pretty much the only thing I agree with is his Opinion on MS BOB and internet appliances(which are still around. who's going to stand at their computer to surf the net??)
..some. You use bandwidth for data throughput, you have the CPU usage..
All on the server side. Yes, the clients are the ones doing the Real Work, but you have to do something with the result of that work. And its the Doing that taxes your servers, if only a little bit.
Yeah, I'm an expert. Had 3 chickenhouses:lots of fans with grids over them.
The gridscreens would clog with dirt, so we removed as many as possible-and put them back on when OSHA came around.
No, none of us were stupid enough to walk into fans, but OSHA was concerned....the point is, it takes TIME to clean screens. And I imagine these turbines aren't just 36 inches across, either.
(It was originally supposed to play more like a Metroid, in terms of exploring the base nonlinearly, AFAIK - complete with ecosystem that would change as time passed
There were tons of ways to complete a level! Like a)if you're a good shot, you blow away the headcrab attacking the scientist and get the scientist to let you through the door or b) if you miss, you have to go through the air-vents. Stuff like that.
What none of you guys seem to realize is the incredible volume posts. I've posted stuff there once or twice, and within 10 minutes, two more people edited it.
Read "recent changes", set view to "500": those changes are in the past coupla hours.
You could just put a dedicated server in to handle the mailing list, a lowly 133mhz thing running Linux..
Hey! You know what? I bet/. uses a 266pent for their mail, too! Oh? No? Well why not? THey don't have a mailing list, and everythings online? Oh. Because they're big. I forgot.
Then return them! They have problems, that's the manufacturer's fault. Demand new ones.
You're assuming they a)didn't put them together themselves b)are componots that *have* warrantys c)are still under warranty.
if I had any extra cash, I would donate, but no, I don't.
Seriously, neither do I:I'm looking for work..but I'm going to donate, just because wikipedia has helped me so many times before.
I think it was the Q2 engine, then something else, and now their own engine. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, and also post your correction here, so the rest of the world will know.
Slashdot Mirror
Personally, I think MOH:AA is a piece of shit. Someone gave me the windows version, so I played through it. Of course, it's pretty much non-stop mindless action (kill soldier, retrieve ammunition, get healthpack, repeat).
1) No replay value. At all. Quake had replay value because it had secrets, and went so fast you could complete an entire episode in fifteen minutes, and it had that nice "shooting-shooting" game feel to it. AA moves slow enough to be a "thinking-shooting" game, but there is hardly enough strategy to warrant it's placement in such a catagory. There is one very difficult, strategical level, where you have to clear an area of snipers, without getting your guys killed, and that is about as strategical as it gets.
2) Very little multiplayer value. I started a server just with myself~and couldn't complete objectives! SucK! Granted, I don't actually have friends, so I couldn't test MP in a "real world env".
3) There isn't even pretty graphics to redeem itself: it is the Q3 engine. Although the manual claims that WWII battle gear was so thick that it obstructed blood from seeping out of wounds (only partially believable), you can shoot someone in their fucking head and no blood, whatsoever. Realism, my ass, they're just whoring for their ESRB "T" rating.
In short: Why port this game, of all games, to linux? Why not soldat, as was done with the succulent frabs?
Oh yeah..it's closed source..I forgot..
anger swordclash protest.
it scatters, resounding handsom myserie.
incarnate bents bullion
quack scorch
It's mere subversive advertising, conditioning your mind for an onslaught of offers of "Bent Bullion, only one Scorch if you Quake now, you Handsom Myseri"!
Yeah, actually, everyone else is probably right, its a baysian scramble mech. Either that, or their bots are getting a bit confused.
Couches are hardware. You can only use a couch if it's there, for you to sit/lie on.
Games, however, are "intellectual property", "IT wares", "bits and bytes", whatever you want to call it. It's streams of information, and information can be easily copied. Because of this, a videogame loses much of its face value when you tear off that shiny wrapper.
Also, Couches depreciate much slower then videogames, simply because a couch's resale value stays pretty good, as long as the cushions are still nice and cushy, and the frame isn't broken.
Disclaimer: IANAUFS (I Am NOt A Used Furniture Salesman), IANAHCG (I Am NOt A Hard Core Gamer), and finally, IANAL.
whew
..on the rock and his movie(s). (scroll to bottom of page to see orignal quote. Or just trust me that I quoted it right (hah! these are the people that PGP sign their usenet postings (which isn't neccesarily a bad idea (apologies for the nested parenth.) but is still rather..weird?))fat chance, eh?)
/-nerds would expect) watch The Rock's movies solely for the fact that he is, quote, "A total hunk!", "really sexily built", and "has a nice bod", unquothe.
Quote:
[The rock is] also set to play in Spy Hunter (wow, a wrestler-videogame movie about a game which didn't even have a main character. I'm stoked) I hear. I assume he's going to play the car, and run down the road tossing missles at people (occasionally stopping to Rock Bottom a Bentley).
But intresting points made, even if the rock is stuck in "wrestler-actor limbo", he does a damn good job: fighting, acting, and Rocking. When I say Rocking, I'm talking about the fact that all the chicks I know (which is more then you
I want an option to order a Ninja Burger! True quality, fast and cheap! ..granted, you might have replace a window/doorframe/wall or two, but it's worth it, right?
Around here (delaware), we got the yellow caps after a couple weeks, and I redeemed about 7. Unfortuantly, they don't have any more around here. I guess they ran out: there just aren't any around. None. At all.
Yes, Macs *do* have "modern" games available to them. But I keep my PC around because I play older games, more often. Looking around, I have:
Wolfenstein: Enemy territory
Grand Theft Auto (the first one,DOS)
Quake 3 demo (which I've had problems with, on the mac)
UT2k4 demo
Meteor 1.2
Desert strike(DOS)
Deus Ex
Cannon fodder 1 & 2
In boxes around me, I have:
Descent 1
Myst
Riven
Half-life
Fighter Duel(DOS)
MOH:AA
How many of those games are out for OSX? Some, to be sure. But the vast majority..not. My PC lets me play old, fun dos games. Macs don't. What could I do on a mac, that my PC doesn't let me do?
Stability, you say? My (new,homebuilt) windows XP pro PC has "soft crashed" twice in the 3 months i've had it.
When I want to experiment with 'nix, I fire up 'nix box, over to my right.
And thats all.
I remember being able to do this all the way back in 98. Multiple keyboards, mice, monitors..at least, it was claimed. I never got the hardware together to test it, and I would, except I still don't own enough hardware (aka USB mice and keyboards), and my former 98 box is running redhat now.
..ah, the memories.. ..ah, the blue screens..
But anyways. Back in the day, this was one of the things that enthralled me as a computing newbie. I wasn't sure how it worked, and looking back, I suppose it used USB (did they have usb?), and..
Yes, but don't forget about condensation. You need some sort of super-dehumidifier, or a solution such as that used by Tom's Hardware several months ago (when they booted a P4 to 5ghz). Too lazy to link/whore karma.
Oh come on, you slashnerds. Can't you see the benefits?
An of the shelf card reader/writer? Interface it to your computer and zing! You're the Heretic.
This looks freakin awesome. A little work, and I can go raiding ATMs late at night.
Hah!
I've been studying electric vehicles (EVs) for the past two weeks. There really is no efficient way to run them. They are slower, their "fuel supply" is heavier (batteries), and you have to choose between torque and speed.
Its kinda hard to used "existing technology" from a *car* in an EV. What will they use? Drivetrains? Too heavy. (although there will be a lighter, EV-sized drivetrain) Air conditioning systems? Headlights? Brakes? Tires? (it helps to have a slightly deflated tire on your EV: something most cars aren't compatible with)
What can they use, my furry little friend?
If it helps, I'm 15, been around
a)perverts ("lesbians!","cowboyneal fucks dogs")
b)assholes ("you're wrong, and I'm so right i don't need to explain why!")
c)illogical ("bush should've 'drawn out' iRaq instead of killing all those innocent people!","why isn't bush defending our country from terrorists","why does bush want to spend so much on Star Wars missle defense?","why didn't bush make sure we knew about 9/11","why does bush spend so much on the military and black budget?")
So there you go. I don't buy slashdot t-shirts, subscribe, donate, and I rarely participate anymore. It's just not worth filtering through all the shit to get to the good stuff.
I know I'll get flamed over the bush thing, but there is where I stand, and sticks and stones may break my bones, but flamers may never hurt me.
TVs/mirrors just like the ones in "The 6th Day"!
Anyone noticed how often people compare stuff to minority report?("jetpacks! like in minority report!","clear monitors:like in minority report!")
I'm surprised no-one thought of 6th Day when they read this..
Actually, it's MINI-ITX. Not nano.
And the difference is that M-ITX is an ultralight, ultrafeature system: it has onboard everything, but it's too light to play quake.
Whereas this zen thing is supposed to be a normal system in a small package. (didn't get to read the article, appears slashdotted).
Tom's hardware guide reviewed a Jade-something-or-other... here it is. Fully loaded, svideo, composite, dolby, etc etc. Like $1400 I think. But hey! You Pay!
(the previous sentence was stolen from MSs spring ad campaign)
Tsk, Tsk.
Slashdot never has really made up its own articles. It's more of a news hub(links to lots of storys, and has forums), not a news site(doesn't make up its news, like CNN).
Excuse the pun, if you got it.
A long time ago, I played some sort of spoof game that had you fighting "tekno dmons" from "myKroSopht". I tried typing mykrosopht.com in my browser, and came up with a porn sight. ...
Profit!!
The X-43 was cancelled. Sorry mate.
An intresting article, but fraught (as with many "there it went" and "here it comes") soley with human opinion. A little more fact, please?
I've never even heard of most of the stuff in his list. Pretty much the only thing I agree with is his Opinion on MS BOB and internet appliances(which are still around. who's going to stand at their computer to surf the net??)
freddout
..some. You use bandwidth for data throughput, you have the CPU usage..
All on the server side. Yes, the clients are the ones doing the Real Work, but you have to do something with the result of that work. And its the Doing that taxes your servers, if only a little bit.
Yeah, but do we all run Java enabled browsers? (lynx, links, etc)
..and I have dialup.
I'm running No-Java-Opera right now:because the java enabled opera was 11 more megs..
Point is, geeky as we are, we're probably all expirementing with stuff.
NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERVERTS!!/
Yeah, I'm an expert. Had 3 chickenhouses:lots of fans with grids over them.
..the point is, it takes TIME to clean screens. And I imagine these turbines aren't just 36 inches across, either.
The gridscreens would clog with dirt, so we removed as many as possible-and put them back on when OSHA came around.
No, none of us were stupid enough to walk into fans, but OSHA was concerned..
(It was originally supposed to play more like a Metroid, in terms of exploring the base nonlinearly, AFAIK - complete with ecosystem that would change as time passed
There were tons of ways to complete a level! Like a)if you're a good shot, you blow away the headcrab attacking the scientist and get the scientist to let you through the door or b) if you miss, you have to go through the air-vents. Stuff like that.
What none of you guys seem to realize is the incredible volume posts. I've posted stuff there once or twice, and within 10 minutes, two more people edited it.
/. uses a 266pent for their mail, too! Oh? No? Well why not? THey don't have a mailing list, and everythings online? Oh. Because they're big. I forgot.
Read "recent changes", set view to "500": those changes are in the past coupla hours.
You could just put a dedicated server in to handle the mailing list, a lowly 133mhz thing running Linux..
Hey! You know what? I bet
Then return them! They have problems, that's the manufacturer's fault. Demand new ones.
You're assuming they a)didn't put them together themselves b)are componots that *have* warrantys c)are still under warranty.
if I had any extra cash, I would donate, but no, I don't.
Seriously, neither do I:I'm looking for work..but I'm going to donate, just because wikipedia has helped me so many times before.
Aren't they building their own engine now?
I think it was the Q2 engine, then something else, and now their own engine. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, and also post your correction here, so the rest of the world will know.
Freddout
Oh, I've downloaded GTA. Three times. All three downloads wouldn't install right, though.
THANKS ROCKSTARR!!!
I mean, come ON!!