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pressure is a rare thing in space
So is sound.
Don't roll your eyes, you know you were thinking it, I just have the audacity (Republican), charisma (+24), and timing (+28 dexerity) to say it. You're jealous. I would be too.
I completely agree.
These few glitches give the game character. The silient bomb plant on dust2 in CS 1.6 is a great example of this.
Glitches can encourage teamwork, which is one of the best parts of online gaming for me. When you work with complete strangers and just rout another group because your group of less skilled players worked as a team instead of individually, it makes the game much more enjoyable than having a high kill count. One of the recent games where this worked best is UT 2004 in onslaught mode. Working together with good communication having someone ready to charge nodes ahead made the game much more of a strategic.
I think you're referring to the "personal protection" (conceal and carry law) that was passed a few years back with another law. It was revoked late last summer on the technicality that it was added onto another law. Fortunately for everyone in Minnesota, an even better law recently passed this spring allowing responsible citizens to legally carry a firearm concealed and open.
My point exactly. I currently own 5-6 consoles, and have spent more time lately playing older games than my newer ones. Why? Perhaps its for nastalgic value, perhaps I'm shitfaced and can only mentally handle a game I've been playing for a third of my life--but I think it goes beyond that.
With gameplay, whenever someone says "Oh man, ____ was so much better back in the day" if all of the particles in the universe were pixals, that still wouldn't be enough for the rolleyes image I want to post. For example, I think post-grunge rock (~95-99) was some of the best pop music in my life. When I think of the artists, I don't think of the stupid "I'm with the DJ" song or Spice Girls. I think of Blind Mellon, Weezer, Silverchair, and some even more pop music I'm embarrassed to admit.
You replay games with the best gameplay. I don't even own 5 xbox games, I don't even own 10 ps2 games. I do own all the great NES, SNES, Dreamcast, etc. games because there have been more and a longer time to figure out which ones are the best. Whenever I think of those systems as ultimate and how gameplay has crapped out to just the highest graphics. I go onto my modded xbox and select a SNES game at random. Then I imagine spending $60 on that game and throw up a little in my mouth.
You can't completely discount graphics as 'a mere exciting blip to amazing gameplay' because it goes beyond. Myst, HL/HL2, are all great examples of when graphics make a difference. The gameplay is great, but they're still just one of a giant genre and graphics helped them stand out.
Every time I help a friend build a computer they've needed a bigger/more powerful power supply than the guy before. We're not just talking about wattage here--you also need enough amps across the rails.
If you wanted to get a faster processor and lower its speed for daily use, you're saving on your energy bill. I wonder how long it would take you if you brought a 4000+ to 2800+ speeds to save enough on your energy bill to pay off the cost of the faster processor. We have to assume they both use the same amount of energy when running at full speed, which seems to be okay for the situation.
Perhaps a bit elitist, but I think this is a good thing. Lets be honest, if it goes mainstream, everyone loses because it will be broken by the **AA.
The longer something can stay elusive with a small-moderate member base with large content (yes I realize that is an oxymoron) it will be better for Jonny nerd because Jonny football player won't be able to figure it out to get his latest fix of FITY CENTZ.
My current best solution is a private hub for a group of large filesharing friends--enough users for 1) Someone will almost always be on with the file you seek 2) There are several people who will bring new material on 3) Small enough for accountablity of leeching. Granted this also has gotten me called "a fuckin' nerd who needs to grow the fuck up and get outside and meet girls instead of jerking off all day to gay porn". Well... needless to say he's probably still on kazaa.
I really don't see the difference, Firefox has had a few holes, Windows boarded... up interent explorer.
This ATM isn't going to be surfing for new ringtones, in addition it will probably be severely limited to its web capablities. Assuming that hurr-internet explorer bad-hurr and that massive black holes of security issues will be found is for the tin hats.
Its like getting the most expensive swiss army knife, sure it has a fork and a tweezers included but that makes it less functional as a knife as opposed to a cheap knife only option. The knife only option will be much better at shanking than the bells and whistles tweezers knife because of the compromises that had to be made for space and strength holding the blade.
As much of a MS monopoly basher as I usually am, this blanket statement pisses the hell out of me: "Not to say that Mr. Gates has been wrong before (sarcasm), but now he is claiming that DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years." (Note the link to tablet pc's in the head text)
Well wtf do you think he is supposed to do, NOT hype his brand new product? I definately think there is a market for tablet pc's... hell in my brief 20 second experience they seemed pretty damn cool but obviously needed work. This isn't a flame but even the devil sometimes speaks the truth.
It will make them more elite and thus more sought after by release groups
Almost as elite as old time cam recordings copied X times onto VCR cassettes...sigh...oh how I long for the days when a man could buy a high quality recording on the streets.
Well, perhaps it's not funny... But pretty damn scary.
I fully agree, however what is an 'okay' amount of information to give out?
I'm not trying to flame but I get tired of seeing 'I WILL KILL WHOEVER SO MUCH AS GIVES OUT THE FIRST LETTER OF MY LAST NAME TO ANY FORIEGN PARTY!!!!' without any solution. I'm as for keeping my information to myself as the next guy--I never fill out optional information in any context--but what right does JohnDoe Inc. have to my information? Is a slightly lower price based on the sale of information reguarding what I purchased together and a complete list of my purchase--w/o my name--worth $5 off an item or free shipping? All these little benifits add up when purchasing many things and I would say 95% of the people reading slashdot have no idea where their data ends up.
Addtionally, while never part of the tinfoil hat crowd, I can't ever help to shake the suspition that if the Gov't really wants info on me, it will go beyond the law to get it, to which I am helpless anyway.
wonder when they'll ever figure out that suing your consumers is not an effective business model?
When SCO files for bankruptcy.
For some odd reason this joke reminded me of the fact Creed is calling it quits. I've been having a rather poor day and you reminded me that hope survives. Thank you.
Just wait until the Army h4x0rs reality... then those al qaeda n00bs will be pwned.
I can just hear the radio messages: [GIJOE] we gots a.q. n00bs coming up on the left [G-Unit] aight i'm campin' w/ rail gun *G-Unit kills a.qn00bie with headshot* *G-Unit kills i.h8.4m3r1c4ns with headshot* [al qaeda pwns] (squiggles with dots) americans hax0rs! (squiggles w/ dots) allah will ban you!11!!11 *G-Unit kills al qaedapwns with headshot*
neck-deep in it now...this sort of thing happens over and over again.
Interesting... I'm not trying to be condensending because you know what you're talking about... but _what_ is the solution to this problem? My first thoughts after reading your article is create a class with a teacher who knows all of the above mentioned and unleash them as the schools IT mignons. Teaching kids these imo very important skills--cause for one I'm sick of being the 'my computer stopped working' bitch on my dorm floor--specifically problem solving.
Other than PR value?
What if you were thirteen and had your arm bitten off by a shark? You're out there bleeding in the sea, with your remaining arm you can IM your friend and get them to call the ambulance for you so when you get to the beach it will already be there.
(not to mention how bad the online gameplay experience with cs can be nowadays.. *cough* wallhack *cough* aim-enhancer *cough* )
First, this slashdot forum/article is/was a side headline on news.google.com (my first check of news for the day ususally--I like how they give you the ability to see how long ago the news was posted). It kind of threw a wrentch into the integrity of the site... using a slashdot forum as a primary source of valid information ^_^.
As far as aimbotting and wallhacking go, I rarely have a problem w/ others using cheats... say once a week someone will be kicked from a server I'm playing. When I first stared cs only 6 months or so ago I used to bitch about hacking all the time then I realized that half the time people are "hacking" they are just really good. I know I've been banned from 10+ servers because they just assumed I was hacking cause I owned the admin and banned w/o question.
The problem lies in the number of systems that remain unpatched and thus exposed. The real problem is not that Discovery is not worth the time and money spent, but that it becomes worthless if the patches created are not applied
I think a helpful way to objectively look at any question is make an analogy to cars. What if a manufacturer has a defect on a car that allows some peoples electronic locks to be opened by a common remotes which doesn't exist but arguably could be built? Would it be better for the manufacturer to announce that you can get your cars patched at any dealer or just not announce this flaw?
Maybe a better question is would the public ALLOW car manufacturers to find numerous flaws similar to the fictional one above?
Because I always keep updated and spend over half my year on a network best compared to a vietnamese whore-house when it comes to viruses (see college for more info) I think it is always good to announce and service users w/ patches no matter the potential for problems.
Maybe it will, and maybe it won't. How long till it helps catch criminals? Very quickly most likely.
Anyway, you are in a public place, there is no privacy.
For the love of baby jesus, back up your damn assumptions w/ at least a half ass argument. Hell I'd even be happy if there was a point stated here. I really can look over the modded up soviet russia, 1234profit, and insensitive clod jokes because once in a while, they are funny. When you mod something like the parent up, think of the time you are wasting if each of the thousands of people who will see this read it for 1 second... thats roughly 3 hrs of human life wasted at 10,000 reads.
If this is all it takes to get a good mod, I'm in karma heaven!
Maybe you'll like my point,maybe you won't. How long will it take till you think before you mod? Never most likely.
Anyway, you are reading slashdot, there are always poorly modded posts.
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pressure is a rare thing in space
So is sound.
Don't roll your eyes, you know you were thinking it, I just have the audacity (Republican), charisma (+24), and timing (+28 dexerity) to say it. You're jealous. I would be too.
I completely agree. These few glitches give the game character. The silient bomb plant on dust2 in CS 1.6 is a great example of this. Glitches can encourage teamwork, which is one of the best parts of online gaming for me. When you work with complete strangers and just rout another group because your group of less skilled players worked as a team instead of individually, it makes the game much more enjoyable than having a high kill count. One of the recent games where this worked best is UT 2004 in onslaught mode. Working together with good communication having someone ready to charge nodes ahead made the game much more of a strategic.
[i]you call them frivolous lawsuits? I call that bad law.[/i] I fixed that for you. Just because you can doesn't justify it being right.
I think you're referring to the "personal protection" (conceal and carry law) that was passed a few years back with another law. It was revoked late last summer on the technicality that it was added onto another law. Fortunately for everyone in Minnesota, an even better law recently passed this spring allowing responsible citizens to legally carry a firearm concealed and open.
My point exactly. I currently own 5-6 consoles, and have spent more time lately playing older games than my newer ones. Why? Perhaps its for nastalgic value, perhaps I'm shitfaced and can only mentally handle a game I've been playing for a third of my life--but I think it goes beyond that.
With gameplay, whenever someone says "Oh man, ____ was so much better back in the day" if all of the particles in the universe were pixals, that still wouldn't be enough for the rolleyes image I want to post. For example, I think post-grunge rock (~95-99) was some of the best pop music in my life. When I think of the artists, I don't think of the stupid "I'm with the DJ" song or Spice Girls. I think of Blind Mellon, Weezer, Silverchair, and some even more pop music I'm embarrassed to admit.
You replay games with the best gameplay. I don't even own 5 xbox games, I don't even own 10 ps2 games. I do own all the great NES, SNES, Dreamcast, etc. games because there have been more and a longer time to figure out which ones are the best. Whenever I think of those systems as ultimate and how gameplay has crapped out to just the highest graphics. I go onto my modded xbox and select a SNES game at random. Then I imagine spending $60 on that game and throw up a little in my mouth.
You can't completely discount graphics as 'a mere exciting blip to amazing gameplay' because it goes beyond. Myst, HL/HL2, are all great examples of when graphics make a difference. The gameplay is great, but they're still just one of a giant genre and graphics helped them stand out.
Every time I help a friend build a computer they've needed a bigger/more powerful power supply than the guy before. We're not just talking about wattage here--you also need enough amps across the rails.
If you wanted to get a faster processor and lower its speed for daily use, you're saving on your energy bill. I wonder how long it would take you if you brought a 4000+ to 2800+ speeds to save enough on your energy bill to pay off the cost of the faster processor. We have to assume they both use the same amount of energy when running at full speed, which seems to be okay for the situation.
Unfortunately for those of us with dual screen lcds we need to pay more to have something that can handle the dual dvi out at high res.
Then again, if you have two 2001fps, the extra 200 probably doesn't matter.
Perhaps a bit elitist, but I think this is a good thing. Lets be honest, if it goes mainstream, everyone loses because it will be broken by the **AA.
The longer something can stay elusive with a small-moderate member base with large content (yes I realize that is an oxymoron) it will be better for Jonny nerd because Jonny football player won't be able to figure it out to get his latest fix of FITY CENTZ.
My current best solution is a private hub for a group of large filesharing friends--enough users for 1) Someone will almost always be on with the file you seek 2) There are several people who will bring new material on 3) Small enough for accountablity of leeching. Granted this also has gotten me called "a fuckin' nerd who needs to grow the fuck up and get outside and meet girls instead of jerking off all day to gay porn". Well... needless to say he's probably still on kazaa.
Viral: Check
Marketing: Incomplete
I really don't see the difference, Firefox has had a few holes, Windows boarded... up interent explorer.
This ATM isn't going to be surfing for new ringtones, in addition it will probably be severely limited to its web capablities. Assuming that hurr-internet explorer bad-hurr and that massive black holes of security issues will be found is for the tin hats.
Its like getting the most expensive swiss army knife, sure it has a fork and a tweezers included but that makes it less functional as a knife as opposed to a cheap knife only option. The knife only option will be much better at shanking than the bells and whistles tweezers knife because of the compromises that had to be made for space and strength holding the blade.
Well wtf do you think he is supposed to do, NOT hype his brand new product? I definately think there is a market for tablet pc's... hell in my brief 20 second experience they seemed pretty damn cool but obviously needed work. This isn't a flame but even the devil sometimes speaks the truth.
Almost as elite as old time cam recordings copied X times onto VCR cassettes...sigh...oh how I long for the days when a man could buy a high quality recording on the streets.
I'm quite sure you meant "Spookier Sounds from Cellblock 11." I'm sure hearing that album would scare me away from pr0n for life.
Ob. quote from Empire Records:
"Listening to that shit's going to make you go sterile" - AJ
If you didn't know, Creed broke up... anything else is just details.
Well, perhaps it's not funny... But pretty damn scary.
I fully agree, however what is an 'okay' amount of information to give out?
I'm not trying to flame but I get tired of seeing 'I WILL KILL WHOEVER SO MUCH AS GIVES OUT THE FIRST LETTER OF MY LAST NAME TO ANY FORIEGN PARTY!!!!' without any solution. I'm as for keeping my information to myself as the next guy--I never fill out optional information in any context--but what right does JohnDoe Inc. have to my information? Is a slightly lower price based on the sale of information reguarding what I purchased together and a complete list of my purchase--w/o my name--worth $5 off an item or free shipping? All these little benifits add up when purchasing many things and I would say 95% of the people reading slashdot have no idea where their data ends up.
Addtionally, while never part of the tinfoil hat crowd, I can't ever help to shake the suspition that if the Gov't really wants info on me, it will go beyond the law to get it, to which I am helpless anyway.
wonder when they'll ever figure out that suing your consumers is not an effective business model?
When SCO files for bankruptcy.
For some odd reason this joke reminded me of the fact Creed is calling it quits. I've been having a rather poor day and you reminded me that hope survives. Thank you.
Just wait until the Army h4x0rs reality... then those al qaeda n00bs will be pwned.
I can just hear the radio messages:
[GIJOE] we gots a.q. n00bs coming up on the left
[G-Unit] aight i'm campin' w/ rail gun
*G-Unit kills a.qn00bie with headshot*
*G-Unit kills i.h8.4m3r1c4ns with headshot*
[al qaeda pwns] (squiggles with dots) americans hax0rs! (squiggles w/ dots) allah will ban you!11!!11
*G-Unit kills al qaedapwns with headshot*
I'm at work trying to type comments while not being caught by supervisor.... give a poor man a break ^_^
Interesting... I'm not trying to be condensending because you know what you're talking about... but _what_ is the solution to this problem? My first thoughts after reading your article is create a class with a teacher who knows all of the above mentioned and unleash them as the schools IT mignons. Teaching kids these imo very important skills--cause for one I'm sick of being the 'my computer stopped working' bitch on my dorm floor--specifically problem solving.
What if you were thirteen and had your arm bitten off by a shark? You're out there bleeding in the sea, with your remaining arm you can IM your friend and get them to call the ambulance for you so when you get to the beach it will already be there.
Yeah, yeah, what now? :)
would you really sit on kazaa waiting for a 30+GB movie download, just to avoid buying the DVD?
You obviously haven't been downloading many movies lately... xvid = many movies at minor quality loss ~700mb
(not to mention how bad the online gameplay experience with cs can be nowadays.. *cough* wallhack *cough* aim-enhancer *cough* )
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First, this slashdot forum/article is/was a side headline on news.google.com (my first check of news for the day ususally--I like how they give you the ability to see how long ago the news was posted). It kind of threw a wrentch into the integrity of the site... using a slashdot forum as a primary source of valid information ^_^
As far as aimbotting and wallhacking go, I rarely have a problem w/ others using cheats... say once a week someone will be kicked from a server I'm playing. When I first stared cs only 6 months or so ago I used to bitch about hacking all the time then I realized that half the time people are "hacking" they are just really good. I know I've been banned from 10+ servers because they just assumed I was hacking cause I owned the admin and banned w/o question.
I think a helpful way to objectively look at any question is make an analogy to cars. What if a manufacturer has a defect on a car that allows some peoples electronic locks to be opened by a common remotes which doesn't exist but arguably could be built? Would it be better for the manufacturer to announce that you can get your cars patched at any dealer or just not announce this flaw?
Maybe a better question is would the public ALLOW car manufacturers to find numerous flaws similar to the fictional one above?
Because I always keep updated and spend over half my year on a network best compared to a vietnamese whore-house when it comes to viruses (see college for more info) I think it is always good to announce and service users w/ patches no matter the potential for problems.
Anyway, you are in a public place, there is no privacy.
For the love of baby jesus, back up your damn assumptions w/ at least a half ass argument. Hell I'd even be happy if there was a point stated here. I really can look over the modded up soviet russia, 1234profit, and insensitive clod jokes because once in a while, they are funny. When you mod something like the parent up, think of the time you are wasting if each of the thousands of people who will see this read it for 1 second... thats roughly 3 hrs of human life wasted at 10,000 reads.
If this is all it takes to get a good mod, I'm in karma heaven!
Maybe you'll like my point,maybe you won't. How long will it take till you think before you mod? Never most likely.
Anyway, you are reading slashdot, there are always poorly modded posts.
/rant