Those same cartridges were around back when PC CD-ROM drives were first coming out, and DVD-RAM uses them too. They didn't take off very well, even though it's a wonderful idea at protecting the CD, because it was a pain in the ass to swap out the CD that was in the caddy with another one.
You don't suppose those really sweet graphics had anything to do with the popularity either, did you? That's how Far Cry was able to fly off of shelves. The game's plot is a terrible rehash of the same old, "sole military superman gets caught up in a conspiracy involving some kind of non-human species" plot. Not to mention the game was Crytek's flagship, they've never made any other games.
The United States sent up the first primate, as well as being the current record holder for human-made object being furthest away from Earth, and humans to be the longest distance from Earth. Voyager 2, and the Apollo 13 crew, respectively. Of course, back in the 60's the Russians PWN3D the United States with space travel.
I don't know about that. Have they even released the codename for their 64-bit chip? We're all aware that they reverse engineered AMD64 to make their 64-bit chips run under the same architecture, but they havn't even told us the name of the damned thing yet. 2005 isn't far away, so Intel better hurry up. They've got a lot of things to get hammered out with bug testing, chipset development, motherboard design, etc.
I havn't gotten a chance to play Wind Waker yet, but I assume it keeps in the same vein as past Zelda titles, just with Cell Shading for the "cartoonish" effect. I don't understand why that would be a turn off, I thought XIII was a pretty cool game, and I hope they release a sequal because the ending sucked.
XIII was based on a comic book series I believe, and the devs used Cell Shading to make it feel like you were playing a comic book. It's not a kid's game by any means, considering all the references it makes to the Jack and Bobbie Kennedy.
I don't understand what AMD is thinking with this. As far as prices go, an Athlon XP is a socket a and it competes with Celeron. It's also so fast that it can challenge the Pentium 4 line. I'm all for progress, but this seems to be the opposite.
This was actully a very good test for Gmail, it showed a possible error in the code that locked out an account that had either too much activity, or went over its limit. That's what beta testing is all about, and Google would do well to acknowledge the problem and correct it.
I think G-Mail is a great step for webmail. I stopped using webmail back in the late 90's because Yahoo was terrible, and I didn't even bother with Hotmail.
Ignore that email address up there... it's not skewing my opinion or anything. Honest.
Actully porn is impossible to DDOS on the wide scale. Every person has certain tastes when it comes to porn, and the internet is no less than 90% porn, anyway. By the time IPv6 becomes vital to continued internet usage, then there might be enough people around to DDOS the porn sites that're floating around today.
Now then... where are my "educational" bookmarks...
Ted Turner INVENTED the media in the United States. He's the sole person responsible for it being the gigantic beast that it is. Maybe he's trying to repent?
There's an ATM right around the corner from my apartment that allows withdrawls in 10 dollar increments. I've seen quite a few in the area, as a matter of fact. Nothing as precise to offer 5 or 1 increments yet, and no coinage either.
I've come to ask myself... what the hell is the matter with Utah? People like Hatch, as well as SCO... it's crazy. Not to mention the stranglehold that the Mormons have on the people there.
Slashdot Mirror
Those same cartridges were around back when PC CD-ROM drives were first coming out, and DVD-RAM uses them too. They didn't take off very well, even though it's a wonderful idea at protecting the CD, because it was a pain in the ass to swap out the CD that was in the caddy with another one.
You don't suppose those really sweet graphics had anything to do with the popularity either, did you? That's how Far Cry was able to fly off of shelves. The game's plot is a terrible rehash of the same old, "sole military superman gets caught up in a conspiracy involving some kind of non-human species" plot. Not to mention the game was Crytek's flagship, they've never made any other games.
You really shouldn't need more ram. I'm running an XP 2500 with 512 MB and a 9600XT and the game runs very well on high detail at 800x600.
"best single player FPS"?
I didn't get to vote for it... RECOUNT!
I think D3 is better than Half-Life in everyway. The only thing about Half-Life that was admirable was the possibility of a second ending.
The United States sent up the first primate, as well as being the current record holder for human-made object being furthest away from Earth, and humans to be the longest distance from Earth. Voyager 2, and the Apollo 13 crew, respectively. Of course, back in the 60's the Russians PWN3D the United States with space travel.
I'd hate to be this guy. Just imagine what his first week in jail will be like..
"So you're responsible for me not being able to read my kid's first email, because the prison had to shut down the library's internet access."
"Um... no no it wasn't me, I swear!"
Let the ass-pounding begin.
Going anywhere at all requires a car.
Welcome to the United States of America... sorry that's the way it works here.
It's a sign of a revolution^W^Wthe Apocalpyse. Linux being perferred for games over Windows 98?! AAHHH!!!! RUN!!
I don't know about that. Have they even released the codename for their 64-bit chip? We're all aware that they reverse engineered AMD64 to make their 64-bit chips run under the same architecture, but they havn't even told us the name of the damned thing yet. 2005 isn't far away, so Intel better hurry up. They've got a lot of things to get hammered out with bug testing, chipset development, motherboard design, etc.
I havn't gotten a chance to play Wind Waker yet, but I assume it keeps in the same vein as past Zelda titles, just with Cell Shading for the "cartoonish" effect. I don't understand why that would be a turn off, I thought XIII was a pretty cool game, and I hope they release a sequal because the ending sucked.
XIII was based on a comic book series I believe, and the devs used Cell Shading to make it feel like you were playing a comic book. It's not a kid's game by any means, considering all the references it makes to the Jack and Bobbie Kennedy.
I don't understand what AMD is thinking with this. As far as prices go, an Athlon XP is a socket a and it competes with Celeron. It's also so fast that it can challenge the Pentium 4 line. I'm all for progress, but this seems to be the opposite.
I believe Taco meant that the trailer is more like a teaser, in that no actual footage from the movie is being shown.
I don't like "aye" but how about "hell fucking yes"?
No?
Ok... aye then.
This was actully a very good test for Gmail, it showed a possible error in the code that locked out an account that had either too much activity, or went over its limit. That's what beta testing is all about, and Google would do well to acknowledge the problem and correct it.
Oh great... now in rush hour traffic we can hear thousands of "bite my shiny metal ass" on the way to work.
What about those cute cars that Chevron was using for their Techron enhanced gas?
The operative word is strange, not uncomfortable.
I think G-Mail is a great step for webmail. I stopped using webmail back in the late 90's because Yahoo was terrible, and I didn't even bother with Hotmail.
Ignore that email address up there... it's not skewing my opinion or anything. Honest.
Actully porn is impossible to DDOS on the wide scale. Every person has certain tastes when it comes to porn, and the internet is no less than 90% porn, anyway. By the time IPv6 becomes vital to continued internet usage, then there might be enough people around to DDOS the porn sites that're floating around today.
Now then... where are my "educational" bookmarks...
Ted Turner INVENTED the media in the United States. He's the sole person responsible for it being the gigantic beast that it is. Maybe he's trying to repent?
There's an ATM right around the corner from my apartment that allows withdrawls in 10 dollar increments. I've seen quite a few in the area, as a matter of fact. Nothing as precise to offer 5 or 1 increments yet, and no coinage either.
I've come to ask myself... what the hell is the matter with Utah? People like Hatch, as well as SCO... it's crazy. Not to mention the stranglehold that the Mormons have on the people there.
Has any sensible person ever come out of Utah?
There are at least two inventions that didn't require any building upon:
The Wheel, and Fire.
What a nice way for the /. community to show its collective respect for this guy.
/. the fuck out of his website!"
"Let's
"Great idea!"
You must have very little reguard for us...
*Looks around*
Nobody's done it yet?!
They must've been running their server on a Sidekick II!
Why do I suddenly feel dirty?