To continue this list: Louisville, KY also has an E-Scrap recycling center.
But it's 3 systems per visit. I'm not sure if they'd charge me with the stuff I currently have: three printers, several PSUs, and 3.5" floppy drive, a DVD player, and a Cocoa-Motion.
I got an awesome, slightly-dented, Lian Li case out of a CompUSA dumpster. It had no power supply, but that didn't stop me. I still have that case, it's been through three internal rebuilds and numerous upgrades.
offtopic, I know, but it relates to the previous post.
I built myself a sweet system earlier this year. Almost a money is no object on most components, it came out to be a $1500 computer when all components are added up (including previously purchased, but not replaced components such as the dual monitors.)
Here's what I ended up with:
Mobo: eVGA nForce 680i SLI
CPU: Intel E6600
RAM: 2GB Corsair (CM2X1024-6400C4) A bit on the high-end, price has dropped more than half since I bought it.
Video: BFG GeForce 7900 GS (with the thought to go SLI when prices come down and it will support Dual monitors)
Audio: Soundblaster X-Fi (with the cool front-bay attachment.)
Oblivion looks fricken' awesome! I've got a lot of the features turned on high. I've maxed at 150 fps (when looking at a wall, hehe) and averaged around 50-60fps. But for some reason the Oblivion gates and the stone that removes the Oblivion gate brings my framerate down to about 10-15fps. I don't know what it is with the color red. Morrowind's portals (at the ruins) did that to my previous rig.
It's an interesting thought. I spend far more time playing games than almost anything else, except maybe sleep (ah, but who needs sleep?) If you're only getting 10-20 hours of enjoyment from a game, don't waste your money on a $40 game. Heck, I usually don't spend $40 on a single game unless its a multipack like Civilization Chronicles which comes with all Civ games up to 4 (but not including 4's expansions), Morrowind GotY edition which includes Morrowind and both expansions, NeverWinter Nights Diamond which is NWN and all expansions, or The Orange Box from Valve Software which includes 5 separate games. If those games aren't your flavor, my wife has gotten well over 50 hours of enjoyment from the $10 Popcap games which I usually buy in bulk: 5 games at $45 or 9 games for $75, or whatever. I never buy those at 1 for $20.
And an Applications partition and a Documents or Users partition. Good grief, why do they make that so difficult. Really, should we have to reinstall every single piece of software we own just because the OS up and gets corrupted (particularly the registry?)
To be fair, I've turned down a job interview with a company that I felt dealt in harming the public. And this was for a co-op assignment. I really didn't want to keep the servers running for a company who sold a product, that when used as directed, actually killed the user, albeit slowly.
I'm doing this already, but it is EXTREMELY cumbersome. Audacity on one screen for audio editing. Then paste the audio into Ulead VideoStudio 10's one of 3 audio tracks. Place the main camera video on the main video track. Add the second camera's video on another track. Slice and dice and watch the frames very carefully to make sure I don't have a bad Japanese movie in the making (mouth movements out of sync with the audio).
Yeah, I'm at the consumerist level. At some point I'm going to take a film class so that I feel good about getting a pro-sumerist type of camera and spending the money on the hardware/software for the other stuff (that and getting the money). I feel I have a good sense of framing and understand the theory of using the cool focus rings on a lens... I just need to learn if I'm right or not.
The issue is that a lot of the tools in the *nix universe have been in use since the 80's, a few even longer. Plus, this book gives a basic foundation for a new user or a converting user. I imagine the best use is for someone who has only one computer and is attempting to setup or troubleshoot an issue. I know when I search to solve some problems, I have issues trying to cut through the noise to find a relevant solution.
You've obviously have never played the sport of golf. Get off your buttocks and take a "strolling" round of this, ahem, non-sport of golf. (A good walk ruined, penned Mark Twain.)
Tiger Woods doesn't hit 300+ yard tee shots because he was simply walking a fairway for 72 holes a day. He also doesn't make the majority of his money off of the game/sport of golf.
Likewise, professional gamers do train for their "sport" and, if they are lucky, they earn most of their money from endorsements.
I hope you realize that wasn't his point. His point was, he could build a RAID setup to get 1.6TB, replace the drives once a year and still come out ahead when the 1.6TB single drive comes out. RAID 1 is not the only RAID out there.
I also get your point. RAID 1 is fault tolerance, not backup solution.
Haven't you noticed how much more crap everyday life is, this time around? No. Really, is everyday life more crap now than then? Except for world travelers, I'd posit that most people's lives aren't that affected. We still shop, the economy is great, people have jobs and are making money (despite illegal immigrants supposedly stealing american jobs). The only problem for some people is the amount of debt they wrack up. But this has been a problem since the yuppie 80's... probably since the credit card began.
I was watching Memphis Belle on tv the other day. It was near the end on their final bomber run. I saw the german fighters flying off and my hands went instinctively to the wiimote positions and I was trying to shoot them down.
Do we really *want* Microsoft to give back the code they've made to *nix tools?
Anything Microsoft has tried to give to the FLOSS community has had strings attached.
Just take a look at any of their OS's, particularly ME and Vista.
Take a look at OOXML.
Take a look at their "open" license and note that it isn't very open.
Even Solitaire has a EULA!
Okay, so I made that last one up. I'd provide links, but I'm lazy. I'd also try and look up a eula for solitaire, but I should be doing the work I'm actually paid for, heh.
This is rated funny? I actually thought this was quite insightful. Seriously, I can't think of many federal government officials that will do their own writing. Sure, some will dictate the ideas they want to get across, but the flowery speech of th 1700's and 1800's are long gone (a result of many factors, including our tendency to lose focus at 16, 30 word sentences that have more then 3 syllables in most of those words.)
Plus, it takes a lot of talent, practice, and critical thinking to think and write like that. Not many people have these qualities and many politicians do their jobs by committee, bureaucracy, and whatever way the money, er wind, is blowing, anyway.
They are also very, very encumbered with intrusive DRM. How is this different from most game CDs you purchase?
You cannot play the non-multiplayer games without an Internet connection. There is offline mode (annoying as all get out, I agree).
You cannot sell the games once you are done with them. Interesting point. I've never sold any of my games, they are keepsakes and collectibles for me. Of course, I research my game purchases before placing my money on the table, so most of the games I get I will usually pick up again in the future.
I might buy them once they get rid of the handcuffs. I see Steam as a way to rid myself of the handcuffs of idiot companies that force me to place the CD in the tray. Granted, people have figured out how to skirt SecuROM and all the other crap using ISOs and other software. Fortunately our HDDs are large enough to hold the ISOs. (Although, Civ4 is proving especially difficult to get around... perhaps I have not looked hard enough.)
It is true that these comparisons are not apples to apples. But it's the best thing we've got when trying to convince the average joe that Linux/BSD is just fine for them to use over Windows.
I tend to disagree. The multi-million dollar projects do use focus groups. However, some use these focus groups to try out new ideas, some make it, some don't. True innovation still happens. Ultima Online was a huge risk. It worked. It worked better for Everquest and even better for World of Warcraft. But why? Because WoW innovated from the original to make something truely outstanding. EQ did it, too.
Diablo was innovative, and Diablo 2 innovated on that.
Half-Life was also extremely innovative. It used an old idea, first person shooter, but it actually gave us a decent story.
The Nintendo Wii: supremely innovative. The new controller style is, yes, taking an old idea, but it made it work in a way that no one else has been able to do.
Yes, there are the duds, but you get that from the Sonys, EAs, etc. (I mean how many Madden's do we need? a new character, a slight tweak.)
Sure, there are some technology innovations, but I think most people arguing the innovation of games are lost discount this as just "eye-candy that doesn't matter." I agree when gameplay is forgotten. But there is still plenty of gameplay innovation occurring today. Granted, it is harder to do... harder to get noticed, maybe.
I've been enjoying and playing games since Atari 2400. I've enjoyed my share of Pac-Man, Joust, Missile Command, Super Mario Bros, Contra (one of my favorites), Wolfenstein 3d, Mech Warrior 2, Warcraft 2, (never did get into Starcraft or Red Alert), Quake (Team Fortress), Half-Life (TFC, Counterstrike), Diablo, Diablo 2 (favorite) , Half-Life 2 (Eps1-2, Portal, TF2) (favorite), Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Runescape, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (sadly, a failed port... could have been MUCH better. Yet, it was still really decent), Need for Speed: Underground 2 (not enough replayability, stupid EA for not supporting the mod community), Civilization 2, 3, 4, Bejewelled, Zuma, Bookworm, Text Twist (favorite), Peggle, Morrowind, Oblivion (favorite), Never-Winter Nights, Everquest, Zelda 1, 2 (favorite), Tetris, Metroid, Netcraft, kMoria (on the Palm), the Sims, Sim City 2000, Tiger Woods Golf and Wii sports. (not a complete list of the games I've enjoyed.)
You'll notice I have a wide variety of interest in games, I think I've covered: casual gaming, first person shooters, role playing games (massively multiplayer, multiplayer and single player), strategy (real time and turn based), side scrollers, sports titles, sims and god games.
I've mentioned quite a few cream of the crop and a number of first person shooters (I nearly went professional in Quake3 and UT.) I have enjoyed all of these games and it really is a preference to the individual player. My wife: a definite casual gamer. Me? can't you tell... addicted gamer. I can easily go back and enjoy the classics as well as enjoy the new shiny. I've learned I'm no good at real-time strategy... not that good at turn-based either, but I have fun with it. Also, give Valve credit, they're doing their best at putting a decent story into first person shooters. I highly recommend an Orange Box purchase.
My point to this post is that each person has their favorite. There is no right answer to the "Best" game. To say Pong was the only decent game... well, he may have a point, but there is just as much gameplay in Civilization 3 or 4 (multiplayer) as there is in pong.
Just finished playing: Oblivion, Half-Life 2 eps 1-2 (twice), Portal (this will be awesome in multiplayer)
Currently playing: Civilization 3 (with a friend), Civilization 4 (learning the game, getting ready for multiplay), kMoria (I'm finally figuring out this game), Text Twist (great on the laptop), Team Fortress 2, Never-Winter Nights (multiplay)
Will/Want to play: Need a good flight sim, a better Need for Speed game (why can't we crunch cars real good, GPUs are good enough), a good strategy game and first person shooter that utilizes dual monitors.
/ Ah! How could I have forgotten Oregon Trail and another Apple IIe classic: Montezuma's Revenge. Or, even the classic Blue Disks for the IBM PC (and compatibles).// Your welcome for the trip down memory lane;)
I'm surprised that the first e-mail you posted under the mildly disturbing category was a guy stating simply that he'll argue his point, you argue your point, if either of you agree to the other's argument both are benefited. It doesn't make sense to that e-mailer that a person would rather kill their opponent if they continue to disagree. That's just the basis of argumentation (disagreement, without intention of killing the opponent.)
Anyway, I do agree that this was a strange e-mail for the slashdot team to receive. It seems more appropriate in one of the political threads... or more appropriate on Fark where there is no karma.
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To continue this list:
Louisville, KY also has an E-Scrap recycling center.
But it's 3 systems per visit. I'm not sure if they'd charge me with the stuff I currently have: three printers, several PSUs, and 3.5" floppy drive, a DVD player, and a Cocoa-Motion.
I got an awesome, slightly-dented, Lian Li case out of a CompUSA dumpster. It had no power supply, but that didn't stop me. I still have that case, it's been through three internal rebuilds and numerous upgrades.
offtopic, I know, but it relates to the previous post.
I built myself a sweet system earlier this year. Almost a money is no object on most components, it came out to be a $1500 computer when all components are added up (including previously purchased, but not replaced components such as the dual monitors.)
Here's what I ended up with:
Mobo: eVGA nForce 680i SLI
CPU: Intel E6600
RAM: 2GB Corsair (CM2X1024-6400C4) A bit on the high-end, price has dropped more than half since I bought it.
Video: BFG GeForce 7900 GS (with the thought to go SLI when prices come down and it will support Dual monitors)
Audio: Soundblaster X-Fi (with the cool front-bay attachment.)
Oblivion looks fricken' awesome! I've got a lot of the features turned on high. I've maxed at 150 fps (when looking at a wall, hehe) and averaged around 50-60fps. But for some reason the Oblivion gates and the stone that removes the Oblivion gate brings my framerate down to about 10-15fps. I don't know what it is with the color red. Morrowind's portals (at the ruins) did that to my previous rig.
It's an interesting thought. I spend far more time playing games than almost anything else, except maybe sleep (ah, but who needs sleep?) If you're only getting 10-20 hours of enjoyment from a game, don't waste your money on a $40 game. Heck, I usually don't spend $40 on a single game unless its a multipack like Civilization Chronicles which comes with all Civ games up to 4 (but not including 4's expansions), Morrowind GotY edition which includes Morrowind and both expansions, NeverWinter Nights Diamond which is NWN and all expansions, or The Orange Box from Valve Software which includes 5 separate games. If those games aren't your flavor, my wife has gotten well over 50 hours of enjoyment from the $10 Popcap games which I usually buy in bulk: 5 games at $45 or 9 games for $75, or whatever. I never buy those at 1 for $20.
And an Applications partition and a Documents or Users partition. Good grief, why do they make that so difficult. Really, should we have to reinstall every single piece of software we own just because the OS up and gets corrupted (particularly the registry?)
To be fair, I've turned down a job interview with a company that I felt dealt in harming the public. And this was for a co-op assignment. I really didn't want to keep the servers running for a company who sold a product, that when used as directed, actually killed the user, albeit slowly.
Yes, I considered not posting due to some people's lack of funny... but I couldn't help it.
And there's a good argument for a P2P network for content distribution.
Does anyone know if it would be cheaper to rent a fat pipe or to rent a bunch of small pipes around the world to handle P2P networks.
I'm doing this already, but it is EXTREMELY cumbersome. Audacity on one screen for audio editing. Then paste the audio into Ulead VideoStudio 10's one of 3 audio tracks. Place the main camera video on the main video track. Add the second camera's video on another track. Slice and dice and watch the frames very carefully to make sure I don't have a bad Japanese movie in the making (mouth movements out of sync with the audio).
Yeah, I'm at the consumerist level. At some point I'm going to take a film class so that I feel good about getting a pro-sumerist type of camera and spending the money on the hardware/software for the other stuff (that and getting the money). I feel I have a good sense of framing and understand the theory of using the cool focus rings on a lens... I just need to learn if I'm right or not.
The issue is that a lot of the tools in the *nix universe have been in use since the 80's, a few even longer. Plus, this book gives a basic foundation for a new user or a converting user. I imagine the best use is for someone who has only one computer and is attempting to setup or troubleshoot an issue. I know when I search to solve some problems, I have issues trying to cut through the noise to find a relevant solution.
or DynDNS
You've obviously have never played the sport of golf. Get off your buttocks and take a "strolling" round of this, ahem, non-sport of golf. (A good walk ruined, penned Mark Twain.)
Tiger Woods doesn't hit 300+ yard tee shots because he was simply walking a fairway for 72 holes a day. He also doesn't make the majority of his money off of the game/sport of golf.
Likewise, professional gamers do train for their "sport" and, if they are lucky, they earn most of their money from endorsements.
I hope you realize that wasn't his point. His point was, he could build a RAID setup to get 1.6TB, replace the drives once a year and still come out ahead when the 1.6TB single drive comes out. RAID 1 is not the only RAID out there.
I also get your point. RAID 1 is fault tolerance, not backup solution.
I was watching Memphis Belle on tv the other day. It was near the end on their final bomber run. I saw the german fighters flying off and my hands went instinctively to the wiimote positions and I was trying to shoot them down.
Darn it! They got away!
- Anything Microsoft has tried to give to the FLOSS community has had strings attached.
- Just take a look at any of their OS's, particularly ME and Vista.
- Take a look at OOXML.
- Take a look at their "open" license and note that it isn't very open.
- Even Solitaire has a EULA!
Okay, so I made that last one up. I'd provide links, but I'm lazy. I'd also try and look up a eula for solitaire, but I should be doing the work I'm actually paid for, heh.This is rated funny? I actually thought this was quite insightful. Seriously, I can't think of many federal government officials that will do their own writing. Sure, some will dictate the ideas they want to get across, but the flowery speech of th 1700's and 1800's are long gone (a result of many factors, including our tendency to lose focus at 16, 30 word sentences that have more then 3 syllables in most of those words.)
Plus, it takes a lot of talent, practice, and critical thinking to think and write like that. Not many people have these qualities and many politicians do their jobs by committee, bureaucracy, and whatever way the money, er wind, is blowing, anyway.
How is this different from most game CDs you purchase?
You cannot play the non-multiplayer games without an Internet connection.
There is offline mode (annoying as all get out, I agree).
You cannot sell the games once you are done with them.
Interesting point. I've never sold any of my games, they are keepsakes and collectibles for me. Of course, I research my game purchases before placing my money on the table, so most of the games I get I will usually pick up again in the future.
I might buy them once they get rid of the handcuffs. I see Steam as a way to rid myself of the handcuffs of idiot companies that force me to place the CD in the tray. Granted, people have figured out how to skirt SecuROM and all the other crap using ISOs and other software. Fortunately our HDDs are large enough to hold the ISOs. (Although, Civ4 is proving especially difficult to get around... perhaps I have not looked hard enough.)
It is true that these comparisons are not apples to apples. But it's the best thing we've got when trying to convince the average joe that Linux/BSD is just fine for them to use over Windows.
We at the Aperture Science Center believe:
If at first your don't succeed, you die.
Quote from GLaDOS in the game Peggle Extreme from Valve. (A Valve modified version of Peggle Deluxe. also comes with Orange Box, I think.)
I don't know about that. Chess has plenty of save points (DON'T TOUCH THAT BOARD!) and Sudoku has my eraser, er undo.
I tend to disagree. The multi-million dollar projects do use focus groups. However, some use these focus groups to try out new ideas, some make it, some don't. True innovation still happens. Ultima Online was a huge risk. It worked. It worked better for Everquest and even better for World of Warcraft. But why? Because WoW innovated from the original to make something truely outstanding. EQ did it, too.
Diablo was innovative, and Diablo 2 innovated on that.
Half-Life was also extremely innovative. It used an old idea, first person shooter, but it actually gave us a decent story.
The Nintendo Wii: supremely innovative. The new controller style is, yes, taking an old idea, but it made it work in a way that no one else has been able to do.
Yes, there are the duds, but you get that from the Sonys, EAs, etc. (I mean how many Madden's do we need? a new character, a slight tweak.)
Sure, there are some technology innovations, but I think most people arguing the innovation of games are lost discount this as just "eye-candy that doesn't matter." I agree when gameplay is forgotten. But there is still plenty of gameplay innovation occurring today. Granted, it is harder to do... harder to get noticed, maybe.
I've been enjoying and playing games since Atari 2400. I've enjoyed my share of Pac-Man, Joust, Missile Command, Super Mario Bros, Contra (one of my favorites), Wolfenstein 3d, Mech Warrior 2, Warcraft 2, (never did get into Starcraft or Red Alert), Quake (Team Fortress), Half-Life (TFC, Counterstrike), Diablo, Diablo 2 (favorite) , Half-Life 2 (Eps1-2, Portal, TF2) (favorite), Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Runescape, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 (sadly, a failed port... could have been MUCH better. Yet, it was still really decent), Need for Speed: Underground 2 (not enough replayability, stupid EA for not supporting the mod community), Civilization 2, 3, 4, Bejewelled, Zuma, Bookworm, Text Twist (favorite), Peggle, Morrowind, Oblivion (favorite), Never-Winter Nights, Everquest, Zelda 1, 2 (favorite), Tetris, Metroid, Netcraft, kMoria (on the Palm), the Sims, Sim City 2000, Tiger Woods Golf and Wii sports. (not a complete list of the games I've enjoyed.)
... well, he may have a point, but there is just as much gameplay in Civilization 3 or 4 (multiplayer) as there is in pong.
// Your welcome for the trip down memory lane ;)
You'll notice I have a wide variety of interest in games, I think I've covered: casual gaming, first person shooters, role playing games (massively multiplayer, multiplayer and single player), strategy (real time and turn based), side scrollers, sports titles, sims and god games.
I've mentioned quite a few cream of the crop and a number of first person shooters (I nearly went professional in Quake3 and UT.) I have enjoyed all of these games and it really is a preference to the individual player. My wife: a definite casual gamer. Me? can't you tell... addicted gamer. I can easily go back and enjoy the classics as well as enjoy the new shiny. I've learned I'm no good at real-time strategy... not that good at turn-based either, but I have fun with it. Also, give Valve credit, they're doing their best at putting a decent story into first person shooters. I highly recommend an Orange Box purchase.
My point to this post is that each person has their favorite. There is no right answer to the "Best" game. To say Pong was the only decent game
Just finished playing: Oblivion, Half-Life 2 eps 1-2 (twice), Portal (this will be awesome in multiplayer)
Currently playing: Civilization 3 (with a friend), Civilization 4 (learning the game, getting ready for multiplay), kMoria (I'm finally figuring out this game), Text Twist (great on the laptop), Team Fortress 2, Never-Winter Nights (multiplay)
Will/Want to play: Need a good flight sim, a better Need for Speed game (why can't we crunch cars real good, GPUs are good enough), a good strategy game and first person shooter that utilizes dual monitors.
/ Ah! How could I have forgotten Oregon Trail and another Apple IIe classic: Montezuma's Revenge. Or, even the classic Blue Disks for the IBM PC (and compatibles).
I'm surprised that the first e-mail you posted under the mildly disturbing category was a guy stating simply that he'll argue his point, you argue your point, if either of you agree to the other's argument both are benefited. It doesn't make sense to that e-mailer that a person would rather kill their opponent if they continue to disagree. That's just the basis of argumentation (disagreement, without intention of killing the opponent.)
Anyway, I do agree that this was a strange e-mail for the slashdot team to receive. It seems more appropriate in one of the political threads... or more appropriate on Fark where there is no karma.