Been writing html/java/cgi in notepad for the past 8+ years on my lesuire time, but you have to admit dreamweaver saves a LOT of time when it comes to div tables. I don't wanna preview ever 2 minutes to see if I got the size right, then again you can do the whole % thing to define the div table size, but from what I understand Internet explorer cant handle it, so im stuck writing width=300 instead of width=50%
"That means the next generation of games will likely play just like this generation. Only shiny."
I couldn't have said it better myself, and this I beleive describes games since the Amiga days. The only game I ever was impressed with was a game created by Raven Software in the early 90's called "Strife" this kid I use to play with showed me it, for a early 90's game, the game still holds up with the best AI I have ever seen, sure they dont roll and jump, but they know exactly what to do to beat you. No idea how to explain it, I guess you would need to find the game and find a system to actually play it.
Im going old school here and say that I still use my trackball logitech since 1996. Never have any problems with it, and the though of me putting in batteries in a mouse makes me cringe.
Great for gaming and the likes, only downside with trackballs is drawing is pretty hard, unless you have a very steady hand/thumb. But you get use to that after so many years.
Really 10 years? Well I just threw the 15 years thing because it sounded legit, but 10 years is fine also. But the point is, yahoo has nothing, i mean nothing to compete with google or microsoft search, yet its still here, still going strong. *not as strong as when it was first released, but still going strong*
Its the publicity the warez underground gets is whats causing this uprise in illegal downloads.
The more we see articles of it, on websites, on tv, more people get interested and see just how easy it is to download a program, burn the ISO and boom you officially downloaded something illegal.
I hate comparing rap or any of that style in anything I post but...In 2000 Eminem sold more then a billion copies of his cd...why? was it because of the beats? because of his good marketing skills? NO. Its because he was on TV everyday, being bashed by the media for his lyrical content. And thats how he made his money, and this is how warez is getting more popular.
Seriously when the whole napster vs metallica thing happen in 2001 (or 2000?) napster saw a 50 percent increase of users using napster after lars ulrich first made a statement that people were downloading his music from there.
World of Warcraft, that brought MMORPGs to the masses and along the way redefined "art" in a video game.
You should just go jump off the nearest bridge you find. Dont comment if you have no damn clue what your talking about. The only think WoW has among other MMPORG games is...marketing...there are better graphics...better support for other MMPORG's out there, WoW just got popular because it was made by blizzard and the name "warcraft" is in the title of the game. Other MMPORG's who are developed by non-popular companies have a way better system when it comes to MMPORG. I wont name them, because its unfair to the ones that ill forget, and as a MMPORG fanatic...i spit on people who will tell me WoW is the best mmporg ever made...its just good marketing thats all.
Yahoo has been around for what? more then 15 years and? It has no edge, it never did, yet it survived for so long. I expect google to go on for quite a bit.
Actually I was quite suprised that shatner was featured in 4 of the episodes of the Twilight Zone. Was falling asleep one night while the twilight zone was on,and i heard his voice, and i got up frantically and looked at the screen and said "KIRK!?"
Good point.
1) Make OS with flaws
2) Make a program to fix the flaws.
Isn't that kinda illegal? I dont get why car companies have to fix insufficent/recall parts for free, but when it comes to microsoft they charge you to fix there own problems.
Ok maybe sketchy isn't really the word I should use here, but wasn't there a report on wired.com like two weeks ago about how google tracks your every move if you are logged into there service (gmail account). So they know exactly who you are (because of the email info) they know what you are searching for (everytime you type in a search query) and now all they need is to see what tracking numbers you put in...they see what you buy, and they can sell this info to massive companies, or hell to advertising companies and bombard you with spam or banners when you go on there site.
That or they just wanna create a better service for all of us...(right)
P.S. Yeh its a pretty far fetch idea, but then again anything is possible when you live in a time when Senators wanna tax you for every byte you download off the net.
The free one she gets is probably refurbished, I wouldnt be suprised. And if most people have the same mindset as me, I don't accept refurbished products after I paid full price for a brand new one, just for it to break because the pin on the hd gets loose.
Flash mp3 players are for the win here, considering most people only use iPods for musical purposes.
Now all we need is a report of how many of those iPods are sent back for faulty manafacturing and instability...
I cringe everytime I see a person jogging down the street with their iPod on the side, listening to music. (If you didn't know the hard drive in the iPod if shaken/moved at an exact point when the HD spin, it can/will break the iPod and render it totally useless)
As somebody mentioned before, they tried to do this with VCR's in the late 80's and tried to get rid of it because you could record what was on tv or make copies from tape.
Then they tried to stop the sale of blank tapes...(some music history: when pink floyd released "the wall" the -original- tape casing was actually 4 tapes, not 2, the extra 2 were blank tapes and had a little scribble at the bottom saying, that they support tape re-recordings, or something to that extent) anyway the (whoever back in those days) stepped in, stopped the distributation and now you can only buy the 2 tape set of the album, and not the 4 tape set as it was originally released.
This move however didnt stop the sale of blank tapes (obviously) and nothing could be done because it was too little to late.
So the point here, as I said, its too little too late. At this very moment the RIAA are spewing so many ideas to companies/the masses such as what this article suggests, limiting bandwidth usage (which i beleive is just against the constitution, on so many levels) but they also tried to make a law to tax the net. They tried to go against all the kids/grown up's that even had there ip on that Napster list that napster released a few months ago...that led nowhere.
Basically, whatever they are doing, its for one reason only. Money, if the rest of the gov. see's the RIAA are doing something, or trying then the income that RIAA employee's gets increased, this is the only reason they do this. No other reason, do you actually think they just sat home one day and said "wow we should get all these guys that are download music, i mean im not a musician, but hell we should just get them anyway"
no...they just in it for the money, and they are as bad as the people that download copyrighted materials.
Whats so special about this? I have a u.s. robotics router, and i can do exactly the same thing thats described in the article. While on the subject, the article talks (stresses really) about the user interface and the commands via html connection to the router...and? Every router has that, you can designate how much a computer can take up bandwidth.
like in my home, i obviously have my download pc to set to max bandwidth, but still give enough bandwidth for my gaming pc, so i wont see the difference. So I still don't see the big deal about this so called 'gaming' router.
Was it MTV or VH1 that had a 1 hour game award show, awarding the top games of the year and the worst. If I also remember correctly it was hosted by 'Snoop Dog' and obviously he knows a lot about computers/games with that name of his... *btw that was sarcasm*
Then didn't online gaming sites such as gamespy.com bash the 1 hour mtv special for the ridicilous statements they made like "half-life is so dope, everybody gotta get it"... yeh good job.
So in conclusion.
This is just a bad idea. They should've premiered xbox2 on the tech channel or something.
In New York City verizon is pretty good, once in a building its all over. Your lucky if you get that 1 bar.
However a lot of my co-workers have cingular now, they have connection everywhere, we even went to a computer show in a stadium that had those metallic paneling on the roof (no idea what the name was) it was to disallow cell phone usage, i guess after 9/11 happening here in new york they wanna keep the usage of cell phones in stadiums/arenas in a minium, so to make a long story short my verizon connection was dead, so was everybody elses except for the people that were using cingular, they had all the bars and i was just amazed.
When did slashdot take on so many people that don't see the obviousness of this problem. When did we get so many windows supporters on this site.
So you telling me people who all of a sudden hail this so called 'Firefox' as a 'savior' that will put a stop to netscape, internet explorer and will be hailed as the #1 browser of its time...are right?
I don't support microsoft at all, but I sure as hell wont support a browser who hasn't been around for more then 2 years and all of a sudden when there is a problem I see posts like 'Get firefox, it fixs everything. It doesn't fix anything, all it is, is a browser of where the exploits and ways to get around the security of the browser haven't been discovered yet.
The problem here is, people are misinformned, on both sides. I don't trust what microsoft says *case in point after reading the blog entries* nor do I trust the firefox developement team. Everybody has there own agenda. Its just that microsoft is on a leash now after becoming so big.
Considering we download everything, text, images, messages, hell i cant post here without downloading atleast 2 things nor is it possible for me to even view this article without downloading something.
Dumbest thing I ever heard.
The article was nice and all, but it basically summed up everything most gamers already know, those people who have been out of the loop, the article is a good read.
As for the future of games and the people that play them...one word...'generic'
The average player who been playing games since Idsoftware release of Commander Keen find just about every game that been released in the past 5 years very generic, its always the same formula, if the storyline is different, the plot is the same.
Fable for the xbox was suppose to change that, it was said to be the game where you pick either 'good or bad' unfortunately whichever you pick in the game you still get the end result and the ending, nor the game is different from whatever path you choose.
Then we had Doom 3 that was released in 2004 by idsoftware, sure it was 'spooky' and 'creepy' some say, I mean the average review in a pc magazine or online boards said its probably the scariest game ever released. The average gamer however found that eyecandy doesn't make the game, and cute little monsters jumping from walls isn't enough to excite a old time gamer.
So whats the future of gaming if you ask me? There is no future, eventually we will hit the pinicale where either a game changes its true environment and play style everytime you play or eventually games will die out.
It's like putting a monitor on a sidewalk, is it still private property to that person that put it there? or is it free keeps to whoever picks it up and drags it in there household?
I doubt the city of Chicago signed a agreement with the guys who made the statue for nobody to take a picture of it, and if they did agree to it, im sure they didn't read the fine print.
Heard a rumor that with the newest windows operating systems coming out, they will not feature internet explorer, unless they provide installation for netscape and other browsers. Was just wonder if this true?
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Been writing html/java/cgi in notepad for the past 8+ years on my lesuire time, but you have to admit dreamweaver saves a LOT of time when it comes to div tables. I don't wanna preview ever 2 minutes to see if I got the size right, then again you can do the whole % thing to define the div table size, but from what I understand Internet explorer cant handle it, so im stuck writing width=300 instead of width=50%
While George is so kind in releasing new DVDs, can we see a high-def dvd of Triumph the Insults Dog vs Star Wars http://www.starterupsteve.com/video/Conan-Triumph- Star-Wars.html
I use to watch this as a kid...all my geek friends were always which was better, Lost in Space or....http://www.thetimetunnel.com/The Time Tunnel
"That means the next generation of games will likely play just like this generation. Only shiny." I couldn't have said it better myself, and this I beleive describes games since the Amiga days. The only game I ever was impressed with was a game created by Raven Software in the early 90's called "Strife" this kid I use to play with showed me it, for a early 90's game, the game still holds up with the best AI I have ever seen, sure they dont roll and jump, but they know exactly what to do to beat you. No idea how to explain it, I guess you would need to find the game and find a system to actually play it.
Im going old school here and say that I still use my trackball logitech since 1996. Never have any problems with it, and the though of me putting in batteries in a mouse makes me cringe. Great for gaming and the likes, only downside with trackballs is drawing is pretty hard, unless you have a very steady hand/thumb. But you get use to that after so many years.
Futurama > simpsons by far. No idea how simpsons is still so popular, sure it >WAS good at one point, but now? its just silly.
Really 10 years? Well I just threw the 15 years thing because it sounded legit, but 10 years is fine also. But the point is, yahoo has nothing, i mean nothing to compete with google or microsoft search, yet its still here, still going strong. *not as strong as when it was first released, but still going strong*
The more we see articles of it, on websites, on tv, more people get interested and see just how easy it is to download a program, burn the ISO and boom you officially downloaded something illegal.
I hate comparing rap or any of that style in anything I post but...In 2000 Eminem sold more then a billion copies of his cd...why? was it because of the beats? because of his good marketing skills? NO. Its because he was on TV everyday, being bashed by the media for his lyrical content. And thats how he made his money, and this is how warez is getting more popular.
Seriously when the whole napster vs metallica thing happen in 2001 (or 2000?) napster saw a 50 percent increase of users using napster after lars ulrich first made a statement that people were downloading his music from there.
World of Warcraft, that brought MMORPGs to the masses and along the way redefined "art" in a video game. You should just go jump off the nearest bridge you find. Dont comment if you have no damn clue what your talking about. The only think WoW has among other MMPORG games is...marketing...there are better graphics...better support for other MMPORG's out there, WoW just got popular because it was made by blizzard and the name "warcraft" is in the title of the game. Other MMPORG's who are developed by non-popular companies have a way better system when it comes to MMPORG. I wont name them, because its unfair to the ones that ill forget, and as a MMPORG fanatic...i spit on people who will tell me WoW is the best mmporg ever made...its just good marketing thats all.
Yahoo has been around for what? more then 15 years and? It has no edge, it never did, yet it survived for so long. I expect google to go on for quite a bit.
Actually I was quite suprised that shatner was featured in 4 of the episodes of the Twilight Zone. Was falling asleep one night while the twilight zone was on,and i heard his voice, and i got up frantically and looked at the screen and said "KIRK!?"
Good point. 1) Make OS with flaws 2) Make a program to fix the flaws. Isn't that kinda illegal? I dont get why car companies have to fix insufficent/recall parts for free, but when it comes to microsoft they charge you to fix there own problems.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67062,00. html
here is the link.
Ok maybe sketchy isn't really the word I should use here, but wasn't there a report on wired.com like two weeks ago about how google tracks your every move if you are logged into there service (gmail account). So they know exactly who you are (because of the email info) they know what you are searching for (everytime you type in a search query) and now all they need is to see what tracking numbers you put in...they see what you buy, and they can sell this info to massive companies, or hell to advertising companies and bombard you with spam or banners when you go on there site. That or they just wanna create a better service for all of us...(right) P.S. Yeh its a pretty far fetch idea, but then again anything is possible when you live in a time when Senators wanna tax you for every byte you download off the net.
The free one she gets is probably refurbished, I wouldnt be suprised. And if most people have the same mindset as me, I don't accept refurbished products after I paid full price for a brand new one, just for it to break because the pin on the hd gets loose. Flash mp3 players are for the win here, considering most people only use iPods for musical purposes.
Now all we need is a report of how many of those iPods are sent back for faulty manafacturing and instability...
I cringe everytime I see a person jogging down the street with their iPod on the side, listening to music. (If you didn't know the hard drive in the iPod if shaken/moved at an exact point when the HD spin, it can/will break the iPod and render it totally useless)
Then they tried to stop the sale of blank tapes...(some music history: when pink floyd released "the wall" the -original- tape casing was actually 4 tapes, not 2, the extra 2 were blank tapes and had a little scribble at the bottom saying, that they support tape re-recordings, or something to that extent) anyway the (whoever back in those days) stepped in, stopped the distributation and now you can only buy the 2 tape set of the album, and not the 4 tape set as it was originally released.
This move however didnt stop the sale of blank tapes (obviously) and nothing could be done because it was too little to late.
So the point here, as I said, its too little too late. At this very moment the RIAA are spewing so many ideas to companies/the masses such as what this article suggests, limiting bandwidth usage (which i beleive is just against the constitution, on so many levels) but they also tried to make a law to tax the net. They tried to go against all the kids/grown up's that even had there ip on that Napster list that napster released a few months ago...that led nowhere.
Basically, whatever they are doing, its for one reason only. Money, if the rest of the gov. see's the RIAA are doing something, or trying then the income that RIAA employee's gets increased, this is the only reason they do this. No other reason, do you actually think they just sat home one day and said "wow we should get all these guys that are download music, i mean im not a musician, but hell we should just get them anyway"
no...they just in it for the money, and they are as bad as the people that download copyrighted materials.
Whats so special about this? I have a u.s. robotics router, and i can do exactly the same thing thats described in the article. While on the subject, the article talks (stresses really) about the user interface and the commands via html connection to the router...and? Every router has that, you can designate how much a computer can take up bandwidth. like in my home, i obviously have my download pc to set to max bandwidth, but still give enough bandwidth for my gaming pc, so i wont see the difference. So I still don't see the big deal about this so called 'gaming' router.
Was it MTV or VH1 that had a 1 hour game award show, awarding the top games of the year and the worst. If I also remember correctly it was hosted by 'Snoop Dog' and obviously he knows a lot about computers/games with that name of his... *btw that was sarcasm* Then didn't online gaming sites such as gamespy.com bash the 1 hour mtv special for the ridicilous statements they made like "half-life is so dope, everybody gotta get it" ... yeh good job.
So in conclusion.
This is just a bad idea. They should've premiered xbox2 on the tech channel or something.
In New York City verizon is pretty good, once in a building its all over. Your lucky if you get that 1 bar. However a lot of my co-workers have cingular now, they have connection everywhere, we even went to a computer show in a stadium that had those metallic paneling on the roof (no idea what the name was) it was to disallow cell phone usage, i guess after 9/11 happening here in new york they wanna keep the usage of cell phones in stadiums/arenas in a minium, so to make a long story short my verizon connection was dead, so was everybody elses except for the people that were using cingular, they had all the bars and i was just amazed.
So you telling me people who all of a sudden hail this so called 'Firefox' as a 'savior' that will put a stop to netscape, internet explorer and will be hailed as the #1 browser of its time...are right? I don't support microsoft at all, but I sure as hell wont support a browser who hasn't been around for more then 2 years and all of a sudden when there is a problem I see posts like 'Get firefox, it fixs everything. It doesn't fix anything, all it is, is a browser of where the exploits and ways to get around the security of the browser haven't been discovered yet. The problem here is, people are misinformned, on both sides. I don't trust what microsoft says *case in point after reading the blog entries* nor do I trust the firefox developement team. Everybody has there own agenda. Its just that microsoft is on a leash now after becoming so big.
Considering we download everything, text, images, messages, hell i cant post here without downloading atleast 2 things nor is it possible for me to even view this article without downloading something. Dumbest thing I ever heard.
The article was nice and all, but it basically summed up everything most gamers already know, those people who have been out of the loop, the article is a good read. As for the future of games and the people that play them...one word...'generic' The average player who been playing games since Idsoftware release of Commander Keen find just about every game that been released in the past 5 years very generic, its always the same formula, if the storyline is different, the plot is the same. Fable for the xbox was suppose to change that, it was said to be the game where you pick either 'good or bad' unfortunately whichever you pick in the game you still get the end result and the ending, nor the game is different from whatever path you choose. Then we had Doom 3 that was released in 2004 by idsoftware, sure it was 'spooky' and 'creepy' some say, I mean the average review in a pc magazine or online boards said its probably the scariest game ever released. The average gamer however found that eyecandy doesn't make the game, and cute little monsters jumping from walls isn't enough to excite a old time gamer. So whats the future of gaming if you ask me? There is no future, eventually we will hit the pinicale where either a game changes its true environment and play style everytime you play or eventually games will die out.
It's like putting a monitor on a sidewalk, is it still private property to that person that put it there? or is it free keeps to whoever picks it up and drags it in there household? I doubt the city of Chicago signed a agreement with the guys who made the statue for nobody to take a picture of it, and if they did agree to it, im sure they didn't read the fine print.
Heard a rumor that with the newest windows operating systems coming out, they will not feature internet explorer, unless they provide installation for netscape and other browsers. Was just wonder if this true?