Do you play a lot of games on consoles? By default, most games on Xbox and Playstation don't invert the Y axis, so maybe when you say at a computer again your mind had already made the switch without you realizing it?
No I'm just an older gamer. I don't remember such a thing as "non-inverted Y axis" in the first few 3D games.
Gamepad gamers might not fully understand this, but when you play with a mouse, inverted Y axis also follows your body's movement. By pushing the mouse north you're moving your body forward which makes you, if you don't move your head or body, look downward. By pulling your mouse south your vision goes upward. Of course, I do move my body and head while playing to compensate and look at the monitor, but the inverted Y axis feels more natural when using a mouse.
There's a vulnerability in iTunes but it's not that vulnerability that installs the malware. If I post the link to that particular website right here on Slashdot, by your logic that would mean Slashdot is now infested with spyware too.
How about: - stop doing remakes of Doom/Quake/Unreal. A first-person shooter is a first-person shooter. Yes you can change the maps, the guns, the enemies and the plot all you want but at the end of the day it's all the same game. - stop adding too much complexity and stop porting games from consoles without thinking about the controls. Don't tell me to press "Yellow button X" or "Triangle" when I'm on a computer. I'm using a keyboard and a mouse here, not a damn Xbox gamepad. Also, no option to invert the Y axis is a deal killer. I've been using inverted Y axis for over 20 years now, asking me to use regular Y axis is like asking me to drive a car and turn left to go right. - about 10% of the market is now using Macs. But those stupid numbers are from sales and people with a Mac don't upgrade as often, so the actual installed base is probably a lot higher. Game not available on Mac OS X = no sale. - a lot of your past customers are now older, have a family, maybe kids. Less time to play games. - Given the choice, people who play games such as WoW probably wouldn't play your games even if they were free because the time they have for gaming will all get used by WoW/etc.
Luke Skywalker (Chris): Is it a fast ship? Han Solo (Peter): Are you kiddin'? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Luke Skywalker (Chris): Um, isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?
I just started Steam to check it out and according to what I'm reading, it's Portal 2 at half-price (14.99$USD) and that special price is still valid for another 21 hours and 30 minutes.
You have complete *nix and all the command line stuff with useful Mac UI and then VM software for all the Windows legacy crap you have to deal with from time to time.
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These days I think all you need is a web page with some text and a submit button.
Tastes like burning!
It's probably a battery manufactured by Sony which isn't designed to be used upside-down.
Do you play a lot of games on consoles? By default, most games on Xbox and Playstation don't invert the Y axis, so maybe when you say at a computer again your mind had already made the switch without you realizing it?
No I'm just an older gamer. I don't remember such a thing as "non-inverted Y axis" in the first few 3D games.
Gamepad gamers might not fully understand this, but when you play with a mouse, inverted Y axis also follows your body's movement. By pushing the mouse north you're moving your body forward which makes you, if you don't move your head or body, look downward. By pulling your mouse south your vision goes upward. Of course, I do move my body and head while playing to compensate and look at the monitor, but the inverted Y axis feels more natural when using a mouse.
There's a vulnerability in iTunes but it's not that vulnerability that installs the malware. If I post the link to that particular website right here on Slashdot, by your logic that would mean Slashdot is now infested with spyware too.
How about:
- stop doing remakes of Doom/Quake/Unreal. A first-person shooter is a first-person shooter. Yes you can change the maps, the guns, the enemies and the plot all you want but at the end of the day it's all the same game.
- stop adding too much complexity and stop porting games from consoles without thinking about the controls. Don't tell me to press "Yellow button X" or "Triangle" when I'm on a computer. I'm using a keyboard and a mouse here, not a damn Xbox gamepad. Also, no option to invert the Y axis is a deal killer. I've been using inverted Y axis for over 20 years now, asking me to use regular Y axis is like asking me to drive a car and turn left to go right.
- about 10% of the market is now using Macs. But those stupid numbers are from sales and people with a Mac don't upgrade as often, so the actual installed base is probably a lot higher. Game not available on Mac OS X = no sale.
- a lot of your past customers are now older, have a family, maybe kids. Less time to play games.
- Given the choice, people who play games such as WoW probably wouldn't play your games even if they were free because the time they have for gaming will all get used by WoW/etc.
Yet another proof that Flash is dangerous! /duck
In America
You write haiku, in Russia
The Haiku writes YOU
Time travel? Don't be ridiculous. It was aliens.
How are we supposed to know about these sales? I didn't receive any email about it.
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Luke Skywalker (Chris): Is it a fast ship?
Han Solo (Peter): Are you kiddin'? It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
Luke Skywalker (Chris): Um, isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?
I just started Steam to check it out and according to what I'm reading, it's Portal 2 at half-price (14.99$USD) and that special price is still valid for another 21 hours and 30 minutes.
It's spelled "ketchup", not "catchup".
Is e-ink really waterproof? It must be hard taking a shower while holding your Kindle.
We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked.
All the Canadian website hosting providers have built-in scripts that add ", eh?" after random sentences.
Still a better title than "Full Disk Encryption Hard For Law Enforcement To Cocaine".
I'd like to see Apple use that line in a TV ad.
Just buy a minivan and lock your scooter in it once you arrive at your destination.
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Please insert coin to continue.
You think that's fast? I'm using Firefox 2.8 from the next big-bang.
I guess it must have ran out of theme parks, blackjack and hookers.
The answer is 42.
Can I have the cash now?