User: BlueA

Re:Hateraid for all.

On: Bill Gates to be Knighted

Carrying this to an extreme to make a point, without predatory business practices the world wouldn't get to experience the philanthropy.

But there would also be less of a need for philanthropy. ;)

You're both right

On: Half-Life 2, ATI, NVIDIA, and a Sack of Cash

There written for some type of graphics API, DirectX and/or OpenGL. The days of writing to bare hardware were over more then a decade ago.

Most developers will find at some point that they need to optimize their graphics API code for specific chip sets.

Oh, and mentioning DirectX before OpenGL in the same breath is what Microsoft WANTS you to do.

Enough bigotry

On: Power Outages Strike East Coast

Because he lied about the budget to get elected and ran a great mud-slinging campaign, which Californians happen to love.

Mud slinging isn't any more effective in California than it is anywhere else. Its just that the stakes are higher in the largest state in the US. I'm not defending campaign tactics, I'm just saying its not a behavior exclusive to California, the US, or the 21st century.

Highly recommended

On: Escape Velocity Makes It To Windows

There just aren't enough high quality open-ended games around, EV is a blast.