> "Software designers are so infatuated with the fact that they can, that they don't stop to think if they should."
Exactly!
It's interesting to note that Soul Caliber doesnt' have any blood.
Drakken* also has an option of not showing any. (The dead bodies slowly fade out to nothing.)
Sure, the gore in Mortal Kombat 2 was, shall we say, interesting, but it didn't add anything constructive to gameplay. And to tell you the truth, I haven't missed the blood at all in the latest games !
* Someone even did up a nude Rynn model for Drakken! I don't mind this, because, hey, if a users wants to see a virtual character get "nekkid", that's their business, but to ship a game that way, IMHO "shows a lack of taste and good judgement." Yeah, sex sells, but do we have to keep exploiting it for sales? i.e. The real live "Laura Croft" at E3 was under 18, but yet you needed to be 18 or older to get into the show!?
The games industry has sunk to a new low.
Almost makes me ashamed that I work in the [games] industry.
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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
Piracy is all about the LACK of RESPECT for an AUTHOR's work. Did theAUTHOR say that you canFREELY DISTRIBUTE his or her works?? IfNo, then it is illegal.
On the other hand, am I "stealing potential profits" if I buy a CD (which is the "right" to listen to it), and then lend it out to a few of my best friends?? Morally maybe, legally no.
If piracy is a loss of potential income, then WHY do businesses NOT list it on their budgets??
P.S.
How the hell is this parent post a troll? Moderators, it is a fact that piracy is immoral & illegal. It is not a troll, dumb-@$$es.
> API (Application Programming Interface) supposed to be public?
Interface does NOT imply PUBLIC access.
> If it is not public, then how is it called an Interface?
Logically, it's called a PRIVATE interface.:-)
i.e.
let's say I have a driver for a video card. It has a front-end (OS interface) and a back-end (low-level register interface). I can sell the driver, and still kee the (low-level) interface private, right? *cough NVidia cough* Of course I can. Or I could expose the interface, and make you sign a NDA if you want to use it. *cough Sony cough*
Cheers
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"Live Free or Die" ironically seen on the NH license plates.
2. Three-dimensional space is also quantized. See Zeno's Paradox.
Does anyone know if time is similiary quantized?
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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
> OK, so sue me. I was a SF geek long before I ever touched a computer.
Tip to American Tourists:) Dont' say "so sue me", even if said sarcasticaly. The US has an extremely high number of lawyers per capita, which a certain segment of the population likes to use.
Things that make you go hmmm... why are most politicians usually lawyers first ?
Just a bit of history, for all the people that didn't grow up on the apple (computer):
The Apple ][, ][+,//e, and//c (basically all models) had a built-in disassember (371 bytes! $F8D0-$FA43, with the 3 character mnemonics bit-packed.)
The Apple ][ (orginal),//e (enhanced),//c (enhanced) also had a mini-assembler (317 bytes! $F500-$F666) that had no symbols, only absolute hex or decimal addresses and constants. There were also step and trace facilities.
Woz says:
I then wrote a 256 byte "Monitor" program which watched the keyboard for hex data entry (address:data data data) and hex display and program initiation ("Run").
The only way to get the mini-assembler on the Apple ][+,//e (unenhanced),//c (unenhanced) was to load Integer Basic.
The enhanced//e, and the enhanced//c, (via rom upgrades), added the mini-assembler back in.
i.e.
]CALL -151
At the asterisk Monitor prompt, request the Mini-Assembler:
*!
Which is the same as doing:
*F666G
You can see the source for the mini-assembler here.
An interesting read of the Apple (computer) history can be read here.
> what do you propose replacing the Federal Reserve with?
How about with something based one REAL currency with intrinsic value, like silver and gold, or did you forgot the hyperinflation with the German mark, which WILL happen to the "almighty" american dollar, since there is NOTHING backing it.
"Those who fail to learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it."
> it started with a bang, but will it end a crunch?
Fortunaley, no. The universe is expanding. I saw a science documentary (Space 2000 I believe) that said the universe was not only expanding (which we knew for ages), but the recently (~ late 1990s) we finally deteremined the rate was accelerating. Others say the rate of expansion is constant.
In either case, the universe will eventually expand out into the void, which you can read one transcript of on pbs/a&g t;
I won't discuss Isotropic or Anisotropic texture filtering, since the pictures can convey the concept clearer then my mangled descriptions.:-)
Although I will leave with:
- Tri-linear filtering is bilinear filtering (2x2 texels) applied between 2 mipmaps.
- You will also (rarely) see the term 'ripmaps' which I beleive the RGB components are stored seperately (instead of interleaved.)
> If this corporation of yours go bankrupt, what happens? Are you liable to repay any outstanding debts? No. Because the Corporation was in debt.
Correct. There is a reason most companies are a LLC (Limited Liability Company.)
Companies have not been around that long - only a few hundred years. Trusts have been around for a few thousand. Same principle. People want to judgement-proof themselves.
> but I'm pretty sure that a corporation is legally a "person" but not an "individual",
Yes you're right, Individual is not mentioned anywhere.
Page 340, 6th Ed.
"Corporation. An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state."
A created thing owes its existance to its creator.
Notice WHO creates the corporation. THE STATE.
Even more interesting is WHY is the Queen of England a "corporation sole" ?!
Pg 341.
"Aggregate and sole. A corporation sole is one consisting of one person only, and his successors in some particular station, who are incorporatated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had. In this sense, the sovereign in England is a sole corporation, so is a bishop, so are some deans distinct from several chapters, and so is every parson and vicar."
Now you know who REALLY owns the land, and the reason you don't see too much land in Allodium.
Numerous people love 3D shooters (Quake, Thief, Counter-Strike, CTF, etc). Lots of people love 2D RTSs (Age of Empires 2, Starcraft, Majesty, etc), and other people love traditional games like Cards, Chess, Backgammon. Many people enjoy the socializing, goodies, trading, and virtual community in RPGs (UO, EQ, AC, Diablo 2, Balder's Gate), and yet others love the retro C64, Apple ][, Atari games (*cough Apple ][ : Aquatron, Rescue Raiders, Gemstone Warrior cough*) , while others love a good puzzle game (Monkey Island, Zork, Myst, etc). And last but not least, there are a good number of people who enjoy sports games (Football, Basketball, Soccer, Driving, etc)
And what conclusion can we draw?
How complex were the games from yesterday? For the most part, they "were simple." People want something that is "fresh" and "exciting." Adding complexity to a game, i.e. more detailed world, is the easiest way to do this. (Note, that I didn't say the best way;-)
If we look at the (short) history of computer games, are today's games just as fun as the "oldies"?
Not everyone has the same taste, but Yes! Today's games are just as fun. (Popularity is ONE way to guage this.)
One thing we all must remember, is that good gameplay is, for the most part, independent of graphics and sound, but great graphics and sound helps the player to be immersed in a world. Something which seems to be lost on most publishers chanting the mantra "MUST SELL 3D GAMES." (Could you imagine playing Thief without 3d sound? Ugh. Playable, but the expercience wouldn't be that good.)
You can still have a good game and have bad graphics. A bad game with pretty graphics is still a bad game (even though it still might sell)
The main problem is there are a lot of REPEAT games out there. Of course it's not as fun playing the ump'teenth version of a shooter, because the INITIAL thrill of playing something ORIGINAL wears off, but slowly we are seeing NEW genres. i.e. Thief, Majesty, Sims.
One should note there is an interesting parallel with the movie industry. We could ask the same question: Are movies still fun to see after all these years they have been around? After all, the plot has pretty much been seen before, in either books, or previous stories. Movies are using the "latest 3D" rendering techniques to impress us visually, i.e. Matrox. And 3D sound is nice, but not essential to enjoy a good flick.
But what do I know, I'm just a game programmer and avid game player:-)
> The world needs dynamite too; but that doesn't mean it ought to be available to just anyone on a whim as some so-called "right."
Remember "The Freedom to swing your first, ends at the tip of my nose." EVERYONE has the RIGHT to buy it, what do you think capitalism is founded upon (FREE market, meaning NO discrimination against any BUYER.)
Ownership of so called "dangerous" items, is NOT the problem, its the MISUSE and blantant LACK of RESPECT for OTHER people's LIFE, and LIBERTY. Banning items doesn't solve anything.
> I'm sorry, but you have no "right" to steal that from them in the name of OSS or whatever golden idol you worship.
The sooner the dumb world gets over the 2-year old mentality of "this information is exclusively mine", and starts exchanging ideas for the better of ALL humanity, the sooner we'll have a better world.
So you think of a great new idea. Guess what, someone else will too. The very BASICS of science is founded upon BUILDING upon other's people's work. (The difference in this case is that scientists WANT to share their knowledge.)
Let's say I reverse engineer the recipe for a popular soda. Does that mean I'm illegally using intellectual property?! How can it be, when I came to the SAME conclusion (formula) as someone else? Granted, that doesn't give me the "right" to go stealing another person's "Secret" formula, but if I _INDEPENDENTLY_ discover the same knowledge, that knowledge is NO longer PROPRIETARY.
>> reverse engineering (and also programmers developping for life critical components) needs to be licensed by a regulatory body...
So now I need PERMISSION to THINK?! That's ludicrous.
Cheers
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"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, 1759
Shhhhh, we don't want the sheep, er people, with Socialist Slave Numbers, er SSN, to find out the truth about SSN being completely VOLUNTARY, or the fact that it is NONE of the governments fucking business how much we do or don't make. Let them dig their own grave, because they refuse to seek out the truth.
BTW, nice to see another sovereign on/.:)
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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
As long as you don't switch resolutions they are great, but the instant you do, you have:
Aliasing.
And it looks like crap.
I have a 2 year old laptop with a LCD screen of 1024x768. You switch to a resolution like 640x480 and you have TERRIBLE aliasing problems. The video card scales the 640 pixels up to the same physical width as the 1024, and the 480 up to the same physical height as the 768 instead of just doing a 1:1 scale and having the 640x480 image shrink. Now, since you need 1.6 pixels across and down (1024/640 = 768/480 = 1.6 scaling) and the LCD screen doesn't have fractional LCD's you end up with very bad aliasing artifacts.
Analog tubes do NOT have this problem. (They have temporal aliasing, but that's another discussion;-)
For most uses, you just leave the LCD screen running at max (highest) resolution and it's not an issue. But playing, or developing games, on a LCD, and unfortunately the problem shows up.
I love the cleaner and sharper look of the LCD screen. It seems to be easier on the eyes. I would switch over to LCD screens in a second, if this is non-issue nowadays.
Have "modern" LCD screens fixed this scaling problem?
Cheers
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"Those who fail to learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it" - paraphrasing George Santayana
Obviously the author has never played any online games.
1. If the "virtual community" is a myth, then how does he explain the player run towns in Ultima Online ?
2. There used to be a tavern on the Lake Superior shard that was called "Silk's Tavern". PK's would stop by and NOT actually kill anyone, since it was a "neutral zone!" A couple of Game Master's noted the popularity, and "blessed" it - they helped decorate it and made the decorations permanent. i.e. trees, shrubs, plates, bar stools, etc.
3. MUDs have had virtual community for YEARS.
4. Look at all the "clans" forming in the first person shooters. ie. Quake, etc. They have their own "small community." They "hang-out" in practises, and get together on the "clan matches." The larger community, are the game web sites, focusing on their specific game. i.e. After Looking Glass closed down, some "amatuer" level designers have produced some great Theif scenarios. If there was no community, then there wouldn't be any "excitement" about new levels.
Granted, the virtual communities in cyberspace has less "power" then the Real-World, but it they are just as real (since REAL LIVE players are involved.)
> then around 21 i picked up Stranger in a Strange Land just to see what the deal was, and the whole time i was reading it i kept wondering, "now, WHY is it that this is supposed to be an incredible book??"
It's not. It's ok.
Go read Heinlein's other work for some great stuff.
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> "Software designers are so infatuated with the fact that they can, that they don't stop to think if they should."
Exactly!
It's interesting to note that Soul Caliber doesnt' have any blood.
Drakken* also has an option of not showing any. (The dead bodies slowly fade out to nothing.)
Sure, the gore in Mortal Kombat 2 was, shall we say, interesting, but it didn't add anything constructive to gameplay. And to tell you the truth, I haven't missed the blood at all in the latest games !
* Someone even did up a nude Rynn model for Drakken! I don't mind this, because, hey, if a users wants to see a virtual character get "nekkid", that's their business, but to ship a game that way, IMHO "shows a lack of taste and good judgement." Yeah, sex sells, but do we have to keep exploiting it for sales? i.e. The real live "Laura Croft" at E3 was under 18, but yet you needed to be 18 or older to get into the show!?
Cheers
The games industry has sunk to a new low.
Almost makes me ashamed that I work in the [games] industry.
--
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
Piracy is all about the LACK of RESPECT for an AUTHOR's work.
Did the AUTHOR say that you can FREELY DISTRIBUTE his or her works?? If No , then it is illegal.
On the other hand, am I "stealing potential profits" if I buy a CD (which is the "right" to listen to it), and then lend it out to a few of my best friends?? Morally maybe, legally no.
If piracy is a loss of potential income, then WHY do businesses NOT list it on their budgets??
P.S.How the hell is this parent post a troll?
Moderators, it is a fact that piracy is immoral & illegal. It is not a troll, dumb-@$$es.
> API (Application Programming Interface) supposed to be public?
:-)
Interface does NOT imply PUBLIC access.
> If it is not public, then how is it called an Interface?
Logically, it's called a PRIVATE interface.
i.e.
let's say I have a driver for a video card. It has a front-end (OS interface) and a back-end (low-level register interface). I can sell the driver, and still kee the (low-level) interface private, right? *cough NVidia cough* Of course I can. Or I could expose the interface, and make you sign a NDA if you want to use it. *cough Sony cough*
Cheers
--
"Live Free or Die" ironically seen on the NH license plates.
> The world is not driven by greed; it's driven by self-interest. There is a difference.
No, it's a bit of BOTH.
That's not quite entirely correct:
1. The energies of an atom is quantized.
2. Three-dimensional space is also quantized. See Zeno's Paradox.
Does anyone know if time is similiary quantized?
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"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
> Remember Robin Williams' A Night at the Met
Man, that's a classic. To bad it wasnt' on DVD.
The best hour of comedy EVERY, IMHO. I believe it was all impromptu too.
> OK, so sue me. I was a SF geek long before I ever touched a computer.
:) Dont' say "so sue me", even if said sarcasticaly. The US has an extremely high number of lawyers per capita, which a certain segment of the population likes to use.
Tip to American Tourists
Things that make you go hmmm... why are most politicians usually lawyers first ?
Cheers
Just a bit of history, for all the people that didn't grow up on the apple (computer):
The Apple ][, ][+,
The Apple ][ (orginal),
Woz says:
The only way to get the mini-assembler on the Apple ][+,
The enhanced
i.e.
You can see the source for the mini-assembler here.
An interesting read of the Apple (computer) history can be read here.
> Amiga: the cockroach of operating systems...
:-) 30 year old technology that just won't die :-)
:)
Nah, that would be *nix.
(Not that there is anything significantly better, but BeOS sure comes darn close
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For all you moderators on crack, I even put EMOTICONS on the end, so don't take it seriously.
> what do you propose replacing the Federal Reserve with?
How about with something based one REAL currency with intrinsic value, like silver and gold, or did you forgot the hyperinflation with the German mark, which WILL happen to the "almighty" american dollar, since there is NOTHING backing it.
"Those who fail to learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it."
> it started with a bang, but will it end a crunch?
Fortunaley, no. The universe is expanding. I saw a science documentary (Space 2000 I believe) that said the universe was not only expanding (which we knew for ages), but the recently (~ late 1990s) we finally deteremined the rate was accelerating. Others say the rate of expansion is constant.
In either case, the universe will eventually expand out into the void, which you can read one transcript of on pbs/a&g t;
> Making Incredible Profits from MisAplied Patents, perhaps
:-)
Hehe. Nice try. Funny, but no.
Here's a short summary.
Mipmap comes from latin: "multum in parvo" meaning many things in a small place.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, just look at the pictures here:
Gamasutra article on mipmapping, and Mipmapping pictures and theory
I won't discuss Isotropic or Anisotropic texture filtering, since the pictures can convey the concept clearer then my mangled descriptions.
Although I will leave with:
- Tri-linear filtering is bilinear filtering (2x2 texels) applied between 2 mipmaps.
- You will also (rarely) see the term 'ripmaps' which I beleive the RGB components are stored seperately (instead of interleaved.)
Hope that helps.
> It was called "The Private Eye", by Reflective Technologies .
:)
Wow, time flies. I remember seeing the ad in PC Mag. (Has it been THAT long already?)
It would be pretty cool to have a full 320x200 resolution off to the side of your glasses.
Is anyone making anything similiar now-a-days?
> If this corporation of yours go bankrupt, what happens? Are you liable to repay any outstanding debts? No. Because the Corporation was in debt.
Correct. There is a reason most companies are a LLC (Limited Liability Company.)
Companies have not been around that long - only a few hundred years. Trusts have been around for a few thousand. Same principle. People want to judgement-proof themselves.
Cheers.
> but I'm pretty sure that a corporation is legally a "person" but not an "individual",
Yes you're right, Individual is not mentioned anywhere.
Page 340, 6th Ed.
"Corporation. An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state."
A created thing owes its existance to its creator.
Notice WHO creates the corporation. THE STATE.
Even more interesting is WHY is the Queen of England a "corporation sole" ?!
Pg 341.
"Aggregate and sole. A corporation sole is one consisting of one person only, and his successors in some particular station, who are incorporatated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had. In this sense, the sovereign in England is a sole corporation, so is a bishop, so are some deans distinct from several chapters, and so is every parson and vicar."
Now you know who REALLY owns the land, and the reason you don't see too much land in Allodium.
Cheers
> Isn't insurance a form of gambling?
Yes, both are ponzi schemes.
If you can't manage your money better, hey, that's your problem.
Let's first look at the evidence:
;-)
:-)
Numerous people love 3D shooters (Quake, Thief, Counter-Strike, CTF, etc). Lots of people love 2D RTSs (Age of Empires 2, Starcraft, Majesty, etc), and other people love traditional games like Cards, Chess, Backgammon. Many people enjoy the socializing, goodies, trading, and virtual community in RPGs (UO, EQ, AC, Diablo 2, Balder's Gate), and yet others love the retro C64, Apple ][, Atari games (*cough Apple ][ : Aquatron, Rescue Raiders, Gemstone Warrior cough*) , while others love a good puzzle game (Monkey Island, Zork, Myst, etc). And last but not least, there are a good number of people who enjoy sports games (Football, Basketball, Soccer, Driving, etc)
And what conclusion can we draw?
How complex were the games from yesterday? For the most part, they "were simple." People want something that is "fresh" and "exciting." Adding complexity to a game, i.e. more detailed world, is the easiest way to do this. (Note, that I didn't say the best way
If we look at the (short) history of computer games, are today's games just as fun as the "oldies"?
Not everyone has the same taste, but Yes! Today's games are just as fun. (Popularity is ONE way to guage this.)
One thing we all must remember, is that good gameplay is, for the most part, independent of graphics and sound, but great graphics and sound helps the player to be immersed in a world. Something which seems to be lost on most publishers chanting the mantra "MUST SELL 3D GAMES." (Could you imagine playing Thief without 3d sound? Ugh. Playable, but the expercience wouldn't be that good.)
You can still have a good game and have bad graphics. A bad game with pretty graphics is still a bad game (even though it still might sell)
The main problem is there are a lot of REPEAT games out there. Of course it's not as fun playing the ump'teenth version of a shooter, because the INITIAL thrill of playing something ORIGINAL wears off, but slowly we are seeing NEW genres. i.e. Thief, Majesty, Sims.
One should note there is an interesting parallel with the movie industry. We could ask the same question: Are movies still fun to see after all these years they have been around? After all, the plot has pretty much been seen before, in either books, or previous stories. Movies are using the "latest 3D" rendering techniques to impress us visually, i.e. Matrox. And 3D sound is nice, but not essential to enjoy a good flick.
But what do I know, I'm just a game programmer and avid game player
Score 0: Obvious
Remember "The Freedom to swing your first, ends at the tip of my nose." EVERYONE has the RIGHT to buy it, what do you think capitalism is founded upon (FREE market, meaning NO discrimination against any BUYER.)
Ownership of so called "dangerous" items, is NOT the problem, its the MISUSE and blantant LACK of RESPECT for OTHER people's LIFE, and LIBERTY. Banning items doesn't solve anything.
"Intellectual property rights" are neither "property" nor "rights."
The Libertarian Case Against Intellectual Property Rights
You can't STEAL ideas, you can only borrow them.
The sooner the dumb world gets over the 2-year old mentality of "this information is exclusively mine", and starts exchanging ideas for the better of ALL humanity, the sooner we'll have a better world.
So you think of a great new idea. Guess what, someone else will too. The very BASICS of science is founded upon BUILDING upon other's people's work. (The difference in this case is that scientists WANT to share their knowledge.)
Let's say I reverse engineer the recipe for a popular soda. Does that mean I'm illegally using intellectual property?! How can it be, when I came to the SAME conclusion (formula) as someone else? Granted, that doesn't give me the "right" to go stealing another person's "Secret" formula, but if I _INDEPENDENTLY_ discover the same knowledge, that knowledge is NO longer PROPRIETARY.
So now I need PERMISSION to THINK?! That's ludicrous.
Cheers
--
"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, 1759
Shhhhh, we don't want the sheep, er people, with Socialist Slave Numbers, er SSN, to find out the truth about SSN being completely VOLUNTARY, or the fact that it is NONE of the governments fucking business how much we do or don't make. Let them dig their own grave, because they refuse to seek out the truth.
/. :)
BTW, nice to see another sovereign on
--
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -- Thomas Jefferson
As long as you don't switch resolutions they are great, but the instant you do, you have:
;-)
Aliasing.
And it looks like crap.
I have a 2 year old laptop with a LCD screen of 1024x768. You switch to a resolution like 640x480 and you have TERRIBLE aliasing problems. The video card scales the 640 pixels up to the same physical width as the 1024, and the 480 up to the same physical height as the 768 instead of just doing a 1:1 scale and having the 640x480 image shrink. Now, since you need 1.6 pixels across and down (1024/640 = 768/480 = 1.6 scaling) and the LCD screen doesn't have fractional LCD's you end up with very bad aliasing artifacts.
Analog tubes do NOT have this problem. (They have temporal aliasing, but that's another discussion
For most uses, you just leave the LCD screen running at max (highest) resolution and it's not an issue. But playing, or developing games, on a LCD, and unfortunately the problem shows up.
I love the cleaner and sharper look of the LCD screen. It seems to be easier on the eyes. I would switch over to LCD screens in a second, if this is non-issue nowadays.
Have "modern" LCD screens fixed this scaling problem?
Cheers
--
"Those who fail to learn from the past, are condemned to repeat it" - paraphrasing George Santayana
Obviously the author has never played any online games.
1. If the "virtual community" is a myth, then how does he explain the player run towns in Ultima Online ?
2. There used to be a tavern on the Lake Superior shard that was called "Silk's Tavern". PK's would stop by and NOT actually kill anyone, since it was a "neutral zone!" A couple of Game Master's noted the popularity, and "blessed" it - they helped decorate it and made the decorations permanent. i.e. trees, shrubs, plates, bar stools, etc.
3. MUDs have had virtual community for YEARS.
4. Look at all the "clans" forming in the first person shooters. ie. Quake, etc. They have their own "small community." They "hang-out" in practises, and get together on the "clan matches." The larger community, are the game web sites, focusing on their specific game. i.e. After Looking Glass closed down, some "amatuer" level designers have produced some great Theif scenarios. If there was no community, then there wouldn't be any "excitement" about new levels.
Granted, the virtual communities in cyberspace has less "power" then the Real-World, but it they are just as real (since REAL LIVE players are involved.)
> What they don't realise is that neither NT actually has a Journal File System
x fs_white_paper.html
Bullocks. NTFS is a Journaling File System, albeit a crippled one, due to the fact that NTFS only journals META-DATA, not DATA.
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/papers/xfs_white/
http://www.executive.com/whats-new/whitepaper.asp
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"We don't need no stinkin Karma" - 3 Amigos
Hasn't this been the case with the high end Pentiums, Pentium Pro's, Pentiums II, and Pentiums III's ? :-)
> then around 21 i picked up Stranger in a Strange Land just to see what the deal was, and the whole time i was reading it i kept wondering, "now, WHY is it that this is supposed to be an incredible book??"
It's not. It's ok.
Go read Heinlein's other work for some great stuff.