IIRC, Halo was first promised as a PC game, poised to be the next Starsiege/Tribes multiplayer/coop.
What's hard to believe is that the Xbox (purportedly) runs a stripped-down version of Windows 2000 and DirectX APIs--- so why couldn't Halo have been ported sooner? Bugs crept in during the port which have yet to be addressed, but again why? The PC graphics are crisper/cleaner than those on the Xbox, but in two years, it could have been polished a lot more.
Did Microsoft deliberately hold Halo PC back in order to let it remain the 'killer app' for the Xbox?
You forgot the Editor... the position where the one with the Big Thumb can thump a candidate review back to draft status for adjustments. The EIC is responsible overall for a publication, and can be 'coached' to tell his team how to play.
"whenever game designers add an annoying, sloppy, illogical or cliche game design element, they are denied the junkfood they love so much"
Does that hold true for console port-ers as well? If so, there would be a lot of starving programmers due to the "save points", "save gems" (or just no in-level saves in general). I still don't understand why the console attributes are shoehorned in to a PC port, tainting what could be an otherwise good game. (Oh wait. I forgot about "Marketing" and "movie release dates")
Of course I'm cynical. I bought the new Tomb Raider.
Microsoft Office 2003 saves documents in XML. It's not quite an open standard, but then again, it's not totally proprietary.
Then it was just in the media that Steve Ballmer spoke out vehemently against Open Source. (again)
I'd like to know how the Danish study would factor those two together? In other words, would they consider the overall 'philosophy' of the manufacturer of a certain piece of software when choosing that manufacturer's software?
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The operating system on my non-Linux box has been progressively getting buggier. I wonder if if contains that copy protection code or something?
Wait, here comes Blaster again. Damn.
Seriously, that's all we need: more software that is packed to explode on the user. All you need is a scratch or two to start the fuse.
Back in the Commodore days there was a game that rattled the drive a couple times when it loaded. One rattle was a bad sector for copy protection (whoops, DMCA init in 5...4...3...). The other was an attempted format of the floppy. Sure enough, the write-protect tab eventually peeled off. My friend wasn't happy.
...that or pick up one of those strap-on urinals. They can't be seen under your clothes. I find they work really well for long car rides or trips to the DMV.
I can't believe they didn't mention any of the Thief.. series of games. It's one of the few FP games that makes you think, teaches you patience, and proves that you don't need lasers, billion-combo-moves, ninja-kungfu-fighting, mass destruction, aliens or that cartooney anime junk to make an excellent game.
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Their network demigod also bragged that he could hack anything including my company's fractional T1, saying that within a couple days, he could deliver some of our data.
One local ISP (I no longer use them) blocks ICMP and a host of other ports, filters mail for SPAM, provides groupware-like features (calendar, message boards that are not Usenet).
For the same reason I don't want a AOL or MSN, why would I want an ISP that gives me the psuedo-internet? There's a lot more to computers and than internet that just what some companies want us to see.
What's next, DRM & signed internet applications to use my Internet connectio? (Uh wait, that's partially MS' vision already...)
I got mad because Windows blue-screened, put my fist through my monitor and now have 17 stitches.
I'm suing Microsoft for the mental frustration, the monitor manufacturer for hazardous cuts from glass, the electric company because I could have been electrocuted, the manufacturer of the chair I almost fell out of, and finally, suing the kid suing Take Two Interactive for giving me the stupid idea in the first place.
Personally I'd rather have fiber, cable or DSL than rely upon power lines. From my testing, AC in my area isn't stable in voltage or frequency. Power companies don't give a hang if trees wear insulation off wires. Pushing data across a decrepit infrastructure... not very reassuring. Let's not hear whining about dropped packets due to birds or squirrels.
Ham radio is ancient, but at least it will operate regardless of the latest virus, DOS, or hack attacks. There is no DRM on the air, and best of all: Microsoft has no presence on ham bands. Old hams use morse code which is really binary (dot,dash = one, zero), and they hack hardware left & right. There is more in common with hams than most think. Ham::Linux as Cellphone::Windows.
I am !ham
Bollocks to framerates & application-by-application performance comparisons. We're getting to the point where the differences aren't boulder-sized but skipping stones, and soon sites will squabble over grains of sand.
Specs are just numbers on paper. How do the cards LOOK? Which has truer colors, contrast, antialiasing, anisotropic filtering?
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IIRC, Halo was first promised as a PC game, poised to be the next Starsiege/Tribes multiplayer/coop. What's hard to believe is that the Xbox (purportedly) runs a stripped-down version of Windows 2000 and DirectX APIs--- so why couldn't Halo have been ported sooner? Bugs crept in during the port which have yet to be addressed, but again why? The PC graphics are crisper/cleaner than those on the Xbox, but in two years, it could have been polished a lot more. Did Microsoft deliberately hold Halo PC back in order to let it remain the 'killer app' for the Xbox?
I once had a dream
That I was in a Matrix
But when I took the red pill
It was Larry, not Morpheus
Who pulled me from a Perl hash.
Sounds like reverse psychology to me.
'Buy Windows for your desktop. You don't need the power of Linux.'
Some it feels like they're just saying that to quantify RH's Enterprise product, and/or justify dropping RH 9.0.
You forgot the Editor... the position where the one with the Big Thumb can thump a candidate review back to draft status for adjustments. The EIC is responsible overall for a publication, and can be 'coached' to tell his team how to play.
First came Symantec's Product Activation, their statement that only money matters and not their customers.
Now comes Symantec's disregard for their customer's rights of constitutional knowledge, the rights to bear arms.
Since they're pretty much 0wn3d by Microsoft, will Linux sites be blocked next?
I will never patronize Symantec again.
Interesting site.
Luckily, I'm politically agnostic.
"whenever game designers add an annoying, sloppy, illogical or cliche game design element, they are denied the junkfood they love so much"
Does that hold true for console port-ers as well? If so, there would be a lot of starving programmers due to the "save points", "save gems" (or just no in-level saves in general). I still don't understand why the console attributes are shoehorned in to a PC port, tainting what could be an otherwise good game. (Oh wait. I forgot about "Marketing" and "movie release dates")
Of course I'm cynical. I bought the new Tomb Raider.
Is the game the type that the viewer likes? RPG, RTS, FPS etc.
Do the graphics 'sell' the game adequately?
Does the buyer have $xx in their pocket to gamble on an unknown game?
In the case of multiplayer, are there enough others using multiplayer? That's for those out there who prefer multi over single.
Are there reviews attesting to the quality of the game?
All of this makes the 'demo vs. no demo' a superficial argument.
Microsoft Office 2003 saves documents in XML. It's not quite an open standard, but then again, it's not totally proprietary.
Then it was just in the media that Steve Ballmer spoke out vehemently against Open Source. (again)
I'd like to know how the Danish study would factor those two together? In other words, would they consider the overall 'philosophy' of the manufacturer of a certain piece of software when choosing that manufacturer's software?
No my company does not censor content.
It is a good company with excellent benefits and competitive pay.
They support the community and donate generously to local charities and organizations such as [@orglist@].
@companyname@ is an equal opportunity employer.
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The operating system on my non-Linux box has been progressively getting buggier. I wonder if if contains that copy protection code or something?
Wait, here comes Blaster again. Damn.
Seriously, that's all we need: more software that is packed to explode on the user. All you need is a scratch or two to start the fuse.
Back in the Commodore days there was a game that rattled the drive a couple times when it loaded. One rattle was a bad sector for copy protection (whoops, DMCA init in 5...4...3...). The other was an attempted format of the floppy. Sure enough, the write-protect tab eventually peeled off. My friend wasn't happy.
And we need this why?
...that or pick up one of those strap-on urinals. They can't be seen under your clothes. I find they work really well for long car rides or trips to the DMV.
I thought I recalled Thief not selling as many units as expected, contributing to the demise of Looking Glass.
I can't believe they didn't mention any of the Thief.. series of games. It's one of the few FP games that makes you think, teaches you patience, and proves that you don't need lasers, billion-combo-moves, ninja-kungfu-fighting, mass destruction, aliens or that cartooney anime junk to make an excellent game.
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And I played the Lord Of The Rings game, so gimme your valuables, especially and gold rings because they're mine! My own! My precious!
When are lawyers going to stop pinning the guilt on the first handy schmuck that comes along?
Until then, I'm keeping a Taco Bell wrapper in my car so I can blame that little dog if I get pulled over.
ICMP was blocked to prevent people from pinging.
Their network demigod also bragged that he could hack anything including my company's fractional T1, saying that within a couple days, he could deliver some of our data.
That was last summer, and I'm still waiting.
One local ISP (I no longer use them) blocks ICMP and a host of other ports, filters mail for SPAM, provides groupware-like features (calendar, message boards that are not Usenet).
For the same reason I don't want a AOL or MSN, why would I want an ISP that gives me the psuedo-internet? There's a lot more to computers and than internet that just what some companies want us to see.
What's next, DRM & signed internet applications to use my Internet connectio? (Uh wait, that's partially MS' vision already...)
As said, blame the parents for not teaching the kids the difference between real life and video games/television!
I got mad because Windows blue-screened, put my fist through my monitor and now have 17 stitches. I'm suing Microsoft for the mental frustration, the monitor manufacturer for hazardous cuts from glass, the electric company because I could have been electrocuted, the manufacturer of the chair I almost fell out of, and finally, suing the kid suing Take Two Interactive for giving me the stupid idea in the first place.
Somebody finally decided it WAS indeed a slow day and accepted it...
Personally I'd rather have fiber, cable or DSL than rely upon power lines. From my testing, AC in my area isn't stable in voltage or frequency. Power companies don't give a hang if trees wear insulation off wires. Pushing data across a decrepit infrastructure... not very reassuring. Let's not hear whining about dropped packets due to birds or squirrels. Ham radio is ancient, but at least it will operate regardless of the latest virus, DOS, or hack attacks. There is no DRM on the air, and best of all: Microsoft has no presence on ham bands. Old hams use morse code which is really binary (dot,dash = one, zero), and they hack hardware left & right. There is more in common with hams than most think. Ham::Linux as Cellphone::Windows. I am !ham
Oh no, I got mine in the mail today! "You are hereby subpoenaed.... for sharing the file 'Hamster Dance.mp3'"
Bollocks to framerates & application-by-application performance comparisons. We're getting to the point where the differences aren't boulder-sized but skipping stones, and soon sites will squabble over grains of sand. Specs are just numbers on paper. How do the cards LOOK? Which has truer colors, contrast, antialiasing, anisotropic filtering?