EA makes great games, most of which I have played through and through.
EA don't "make" (most) games, they publish them. Whether or not the game is "great" depends partly on what the developers produce, and partly on how EA decides to package and/or market it.
Most of you are silver spoon fed arrogant bastards who think EA owes you something.
They don't. They owe you NOTHING.
If I pay good money for one of their products, they owe me a 100% usable product.
Theres a reason why the EA hate isn't mainstream. You people are a minority and no one gives a shit about your opinions.
The developers "give a shit" about the consumers' opinions. If a game is poorly received, the publisher (EA) may decide that it's the developer's fault and shut them down (see: Ultima 9 and Origin Systems).
The majority of outrage at DRM protected games comes from people who intended to download it illegally anyways.
I very much doubt that.
They raise to the best sellers list due to DEMAND for such *snip* games.
Fixed that for you. I'll agree that some of the games they publish are pretty good, but you'll find a lot of the bestsellers stay that way because fans of a particular series will buy the next version even if it's a poor clone of last year's version with a slightly upgraded graphics engine (seriously, how many NHL games do they really need?)
"NO ONE GIVES A SHIT" (repeat multiple times)
What gives you the right to apply a generalisation to every consumer?
I'm not sure that any config file editing is necessary with intrepid.
Fair enough, that would be nice.
Whenever I find myself on a windows machine for any length of time, I have to make changes to the registry to have it behave in a useful manner.
Define "useful". It's rare that I had to touch the registry in XP, and I haven't had to at all with Vista 64. Once you disable UAC and the annoying red shield in the systray (neither of which require editing the registry), Vista is actually pretty good.
That, and installing a whole host of third-party programs to make it able to do anything at all. Windows is just not really ready for the desktop.
This is because Windows is an operating system, not an OS+apps package. That's like saying Linux isn't ready for the desktop because you need to install other programs (ie. OpenOffice, etc.) It's rather unfair to compare raw Windows to Ubuntu. That's like comparing an apple to a fruit salad. You need to be comparing Windows + third-party apps vs Linux kernel + third-party apps (ie. Ubuntu).
And, the only games I play are the HL2 series. They work just fine in Linux. Last time I tested it (and it was a very long time ago) I was getting a better framerate in Linux under wine than Windows (98, to give an idea of how long ago that was).
Windows 98 never ran anything decently.:) The main game-related reason that I won't switch over is that it's ridiculously difficult to get WoW + Ventrilo/Teamspeak working with push-to-talk. Having to wrap wine with aoss is just silly (I tried alsa, it just wouldn't bloody work). Having said that, the actual game itself ran very nicely, even with Beryl. Of course I had to run it in OpenGL which was a bit of a disappointment.:(
The solution is to add 'Option "twinview" "1"' (or whatever it is) to your xorg.conf...
...and this is why I don't use Linux. It's not that I don't know how to do it, it's that I shouldn't HAVE to. Any operating system that requires fiddling around in config files to make something work is just not "good enough". Hell, if there were an option somewhere in Gnome/KDE to enable that flag with a checkbox in a nice GUI window (there may be, I've never looked), that would be perfect. Just because your semi-tech-savvy user knows how and where to edit a config file doesn't mean your "I'm sick of Windows and want to try this Linux thing" user will know how.
I love Linux as much as the next guy, and I use it on my server, but I just can't bring myself to switch my main PC over. Not because I need to know how to edit config files, but because I shouldn't have to. That and the fact that I'm a gamer and Wine just doesn't cut it in my opinion.
Various international groups have estimated the number of child pornography websites alone to be in the millions, while one local internet service provider told The Australian it could be as high as 30 million sites globally.
Followed by...
ACMA's Donald Robertson confirmed there were "currently 1000 pages on the blacklist".
So... why are they bothering with this?
To be quite frank, I'm getting pretty bloody sick and tired of "but think of the children!!!" Not only do we have to put up with that crap from Michael Atkinson (may he rot in hell), but now we're on our way to Australia's version of The Great Firewall?
Get me off this freaking boat. What's New Zealand like these days?
This is why I have AC defaulted to -6, and I very rarely click "X replies beneath your current threshold." If you have something constructive to say, log in. Otherwise, troll elsewhere.
Mod parent +5 Informative.
Although, I have to make a minor correction. Day of Defeat was far preceded by QWTF, which had multiple classes and deployable turrets (I'm pretty sure the original had the Engineer class).
You're damned right about the cuddly Kharaa in NS. Wouldn't you just love to have a gorge plushie?
You get paid $83k (I'm assuming USD) for a regular low-risk job? Hell I'm in a regular low-risk job and I don't get paid half that!!!
* bitch-slaps HR department *
Why is this news? Single commercial applications can have more than 10 million if they're complex enough.
I would EXPECT the Linux kernel to have this many lines of code (or more) given what it does and how long it's been in development.
Seriously, how can this be called "The Best Game Mods"? As much as I hate it, Counter-Strike has to be one of the biggest and widely played mods (and now standalone game) of all time, and it doesn't even get a mention???
I could list countless other mods over the past 10+ years that make a lot of the vaporware in that article look like some 14 year-old kid just heard about modding and started making some screenshots.
Some of the big mods that should/could have been on that list if I were to write it:
I love Lua. I'm glad it was mentioned because I think it's one of the most underused languages I've had the chance to work with.
I had a GPS daemon I needed to write for an MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) Windows CE environment, and the CE API is just a complete shocker. In the end I managed to compile a branch of Lua called LuaX (has wince libraries) which comes with a bunch of awesome modules. A few of the modules did exactly what I needed (serial port and network sockets). One simple script handled everything I needed. I'm not saying it was the only solution, but I found it to work quite well, and the libraries were all there for me.
There's even a project called Kepler to use Lua for server-side scripting (similar to PHP).
It's gotta be better than any American attempt at an Australian accent. It makes me cringe away from the TV and slowly edge toward the remote to change the channel.
Slashdot Mirror
I rename all my files to "hello.jpg".
GORILLAS.BAS: Microsoft's only open source game.
Do you happen to be an editor for slashdot?
Nice one. ;)
Hmmm... I made an erroneous statement and had the decency to admit to it, and someone too scared to burn karma says I'm a retard. Log in and say that.
Upon further googling I see it's longer than two months; I retract my last statement.
The summary implied (to me at least) that "out of commission" was indefinitely, not two months. No need to get nasty, AC.
"The LHC is out of commission,
This is news to me. Define "out of commission" and give me a link to backup claims.
Please log in next time, I want to mod you +5:Common Sense, but you wouldn't get any karma from it. :(
Flamebait. Right.
EA makes great games, most of which I have played through and through.
EA don't "make" (most) games, they publish them. Whether or not the game is "great" depends partly on what the developers produce, and partly on how EA decides to package and/or market it.
Most of you are silver spoon fed arrogant bastards who think EA owes you something.
They don't. They owe you NOTHING.
If I pay good money for one of their products, they owe me a 100% usable product.
Theres a reason why the EA hate isn't mainstream. You people are a minority and no one gives a shit about your opinions.
The developers "give a shit" about the consumers' opinions. If a game is poorly received, the publisher (EA) may decide that it's the developer's fault and shut them down (see: Ultima 9 and Origin Systems).
The majority of outrage at DRM protected games comes from people who intended to download it illegally anyways.
I very much doubt that.
They raise to the best sellers list due to DEMAND for such *snip* games.
Fixed that for you. I'll agree that some of the games they publish are pretty good, but you'll find a lot of the bestsellers stay that way because fans of a particular series will buy the next version even if it's a poor clone of last year's version with a slightly upgraded graphics engine (seriously, how many NHL games do they really need?)
"NO ONE GIVES A SHIT" (repeat multiple times)
What gives you the right to apply a generalisation to every consumer?
If they can't even keep common GUI functionality between Excel and the rest of the Office suite in ANY version of Office, I'm not holding my breath.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Futurama#The_Problem_With_Popplers
Fry: They're like sex, except I'm having them!
I'm not sure that any config file editing is necessary with intrepid.
Fair enough, that would be nice.
Whenever I find myself on a windows machine for any length of time, I have to make changes to the registry to have it behave in a useful manner.
Define "useful". It's rare that I had to touch the registry in XP, and I haven't had to at all with Vista 64. Once you disable UAC and the annoying red shield in the systray (neither of which require editing the registry), Vista is actually pretty good.
That, and installing a whole host of third-party programs to make it able to do anything at all. Windows is just not really ready for the desktop.
This is because Windows is an operating system, not an OS+apps package. That's like saying Linux isn't ready for the desktop because you need to install other programs (ie. OpenOffice, etc.) It's rather unfair to compare raw Windows to Ubuntu. That's like comparing an apple to a fruit salad. You need to be comparing Windows + third-party apps vs Linux kernel + third-party apps (ie. Ubuntu).
And, the only games I play are the HL2 series. They work just fine in Linux. Last time I tested it (and it was a very long time ago) I was getting a better framerate in Linux under wine than Windows (98, to give an idea of how long ago that was).
Windows 98 never ran anything decently. :) The main game-related reason that I won't switch over is that it's ridiculously difficult to get WoW + Ventrilo/Teamspeak working with push-to-talk. Having to wrap wine with aoss is just silly (I tried alsa, it just wouldn't bloody work). Having said that, the actual game itself ran very nicely, even with Beryl. Of course I had to run it in OpenGL which was a bit of a disappointment. :(
The solution is to add 'Option "twinview" "1"' (or whatever it is) to your xorg.conf...
...and this is why I don't use Linux. It's not that I don't know how to do it, it's that I shouldn't HAVE to. Any operating system that requires fiddling around in config files to make something work is just not "good enough". Hell, if there were an option somewhere in Gnome/KDE to enable that flag with a checkbox in a nice GUI window (there may be, I've never looked), that would be perfect. Just because your semi-tech-savvy user knows how and where to edit a config file doesn't mean your "I'm sick of Windows and want to try this Linux thing" user will know how.
I love Linux as much as the next guy, and I use it on my server, but I just can't bring myself to switch my main PC over. Not because I need to know how to edit config files, but because I shouldn't have to. That and the fact that I'm a gamer and Wine just doesn't cut it in my opinion.
Various international groups have estimated the number of child pornography websites alone to be in the millions, while one local internet service provider told The Australian it could be as high as 30 million sites globally.
Followed by...
ACMA's Donald Robertson confirmed there were "currently 1000 pages on the blacklist".
So... why are they bothering with this?
To be quite frank, I'm getting pretty bloody sick and tired of "but think of the children!!!" Not only do we have to put up with that crap from Michael Atkinson (may he rot in hell), but now we're on our way to Australia's version of The Great Firewall?
Get me off this freaking boat. What's New Zealand like these days?
This is why I have AC defaulted to -6, and I very rarely click "X replies beneath your current threshold." If you have something constructive to say, log in. Otherwise, troll elsewhere.
Mod parent +5 Informative.
Although, I have to make a minor correction. Day of Defeat was far preceded by QWTF, which had multiple classes and deployable turrets (I'm pretty sure the original had the Engineer class).
You're damned right about the cuddly Kharaa in NS. Wouldn't you just love to have a gorge plushie?
Yeah that was pretty much my point. I'm surprised that it's not 15 or 20 million already, so I don't see why 10 million lines is such a milestone.
You get paid $83k (I'm assuming USD) for a regular low-risk job? Hell I'm in a regular low-risk job and I don't get paid half that!!!
* bitch-slaps HR department *
Why is this news? Single commercial applications can have more than 10 million if they're complex enough. I would EXPECT the Linux kernel to have this many lines of code (or more) given what it does and how long it's been in development.
Seriously, how can this be called "The Best Game Mods"? As much as I hate it, Counter-Strike has to be one of the biggest and widely played mods (and now standalone game) of all time, and it doesn't even get a mention???
I could list countless other mods over the past 10+ years that make a lot of the vaporware in that article look like some 14 year-old kid just heard about modding and started making some screenshots.
Some of the big mods that should/could have been on that list if I were to write it:
...those RIAA lawyers are going to get Jack Thompsoned.
Best.
Verb.
Ever.
I love Lua. I'm glad it was mentioned because I think it's one of the most underused languages I've had the chance to work with.
I had a GPS daemon I needed to write for an MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) Windows CE environment, and the CE API is just a complete shocker. In the end I managed to compile a branch of Lua called LuaX (has wince libraries) which comes with a bunch of awesome modules. A few of the modules did exactly what I needed (serial port and network sockets). One simple script handled everything I needed. I'm not saying it was the only solution, but I found it to work quite well, and the libraries were all there for me.
There's even a project called Kepler to use Lua for server-side scripting (similar to PHP).
It's gotta be better than any American attempt at an Australian accent. It makes me cringe away from the TV and slowly edge toward the remote to change the channel.
Yet another "Java is slow" bashing. Sigh.