I can remember a time when it was simply popular to bash Microsoft. No other motivation to do so existed, other than that everyone else was doing it.
Except for the fact that their products were over-priced, buggy, wide-open to security breaches and not very useful; that was motivation for some of us.
I seem to remember in SS that several of the boss levels were simple to finish if the big boss got stuck between two objects that were close together. Bossman would stop firing weapons and concentrate on escaping by vibrating back and forth perpendicular to the actual way out. A volley of shots from any weapons would cause his death.
I don't think I could have finished the game without this glitch.
...And it didn't really need to be a special bomb, just a normal one with a timed fuse...
No! It was a special bomb. It was much heavier, each plane could only bring one and it was cylindrically shaped with no fins. The fuse was also set to blow at a specific depth of water.
...The effects on physiology for extreme long term micro gravity (even lunar gravity might cause some surprises down the line)...
There will even be sterility problems for the men if the testicles cannot maintain the desired temperature through the normal aide of earth-like gravity.
I won't buy the Fordd hybrid that is coming out until they get rid of that silly little "No Warranty Whatsoever" on all the firmware for their car. I can't see myself coasting over an ice-covered highway at 120 kph, having the engine die and losing the power-steering. They can call me, "No Money Whatsoever" until they straighten this out.
With a tag line like, "Anti Booth Babes. real People, real Games." It is clear to us that the PR staff at reverbinc.com are either militant feminazis or homosexuals.
Here's my contribution to the anti-microsoft rebellion. It is in the form of a 30 second ad:
INT - MARY'S HOME OFFICE. [Mary is seen banging her hand down on her desk] MARY: Damn! [John comes into the picture] JOHN: Hey Mary, what's wrong? [In a frustrated voice] MARY: My computer is as slow as molasses... and all those pop-ups... I can't get any work done. JOHN: That's because you're using Windows XP and Internet Explorer. [Mary turns to John and looks into his eyes.] MARY: Go on. JOHN: I use Linux and I'm never going back. No more blue-screens-of-death, pop-ups, no spam, no worms and no spy-ware. MARY: But I'm not a geek. JOHN: Linux isn't just for geeks anymore and it's free. You can share it with your friends, too. MARY: Sounds great. How do I get copy? JOHN: I'll bring the disks and install it for you on Saturday. [Mary is now elated] MARY: Sounds like a plan. Can I go down on you? JOHN: Sure! [Fade to black] VOICE OVER: Linux...Look for the Penguin. SFX: Zipper opening MARY: Oh John, I never knew. [SFX: Slurping sounds.]
I despise this writer's elitist slant. Calling people casual gamers, mentioning the "'dumbing-down' effect" and associating himself with the "hardcore elite" reeks of shit. L33t sh1t, too. Just because your inside doesn't mean you're onside, boyo.
Good to see that George's career is progressing quickly into the toilet. Now he's pitching more and more to TV and not feature films. He deserves it too.
...There are little things that annoy the computer geeks and tech nerds but nothing your typical 60 year old grandmother or 16 school girl will care about....
Except for the virus, worm, spyware and a few security problems.
What I would like to see is a reduced memory footprint for Java. Using up 40MB for a tiny applet, application or servlet is a pain. CDS, Class Data Sharing, is close but you have to use the old-school garbage collector and the client VM. See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/vm/class -data-sharing.html for the poop.
What is neat, or not so neat depending on your point of view, are music files which deteriorate after a while.
That would imply that the player is changing the music file, somehow. This can be avoided by denying writes to the file or placing it on a read-only filesystem, (CD-ROM or DVD.)
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I seem to remember in SS that several of the boss levels were simple to finish if the big boss got stuck between two objects that were close together. Bossman would stop firing weapons and concentrate on escaping by vibrating back and forth perpendicular to the actual way out. A volley of shots from any weapons would cause his death.
I don't think I could have finished the game without this glitch.
Bollocks! Most computer languages are CF Grammars. C and Pascal would be very close except for the newer OO features added to Delphi.
I won't buy the Fordd hybrid that is coming out until they get rid of that silly little "No Warranty Whatsoever" on all the firmware for their car. I can't see myself coasting over an ice-covered highway at 120 kph, having the engine die and losing the power-steering. They can call me, "No Money Whatsoever" until they straighten this out.
With a tag line like, "Anti Booth Babes. real People, real Games." It is clear to us that the PR staff at reverbinc.com are either militant feminazis or homosexuals.
Here's my contribution to the anti-microsoft rebellion. It is in the form of a 30 second ad:
INT - MARY'S HOME OFFICE.
[Mary is seen banging her hand down on her desk]
MARY:
Damn!
[John comes into the picture]
JOHN:
Hey Mary, what's wrong?
[In a frustrated voice]
MARY:
My computer is as slow as molasses...
and all those pop-ups...
I can't get any work done.
JOHN:
That's because you're using Windows XP and Internet Explorer.
[Mary turns to John and looks into his eyes.]
MARY:
Go on.
JOHN:
I use Linux and I'm never going back. No more blue-screens-of-death, pop-ups, no spam, no worms and no spy-ware.
MARY:
But I'm not a geek.
JOHN:
Linux isn't just for geeks anymore and it's free. You can share it with your friends, too.
MARY:
Sounds great. How do I get copy?
JOHN:
I'll bring the disks and install it for you on Saturday.
[Mary is now elated]
MARY:
Sounds like a plan. Can I go down on you?
JOHN:
Sure!
[Fade to black]
VOICE OVER:
Linux...Look for the Penguin.
SFX: Zipper opening
MARY:
Oh John, I never knew.
[SFX: Slurping sounds.]
Gotta watch out for that Clippy dude: He da man!
Great! I plan on burning a few messasges for my favorite politicians into the field behind my house. When do they pass over Waddington, NY?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
I despise this writer's elitist slant. Calling people casual gamers, mentioning the "'dumbing-down' effect" and associating himself with the "hardcore elite" reeks of shit. L33t sh1t, too. Just because your inside doesn't mean you're onside, boyo.
What a crock of donkey shit.
Where do I get tickets?
Hey!
Do you think they will let us do Linux ports of their software?
Good to see that George's career is progressing quickly into the toilet. Now he's pitching more and more to TV and not feature films. He deserves it too.
What I would like to see is a reduced memory footprint for Java. Using up 40MB for a tiny applet, application or servlet is a pain. CDS, Class Data Sharing, is close but you have to use the old-school garbage collector and the client VM. See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/vm/class -data-sharing.html for the poop.
Please show me I am wrong.