They are not being made simply because it's pretty much impossible to recreate so good games..I mean seriously, is there anyone out there that thinks today's Blizzard could create something that's worth the StarCraft name? No way..
4) Russia's space program, right now, seems to more focused on lobbing tourists into space, rather then studying the Earth. As for China... who knows? They could be interested in studying the Earth, but I really doubt it. Oh yeah, and actually building the frickin' ISS since you Americans aren't doing very much...
Wow. It's also a capital in a country in europe. You do know where europe is? Founded some 2500 years ago. Not like it sprung up over night, like the maybe dozen Viennas you got in USA Not trying to be an asshole here, but Europe is wayyyy older than 2500 years..
Where would we be now if Columbus was told not to go on an expedition, because the European youth were apathetic to exploration? In a world without GWB! Now if only I could get that time machine working...
While I applaud the Mono team for all their hard work, it is not comparable to Java. Hell, Microsoft's.Net is not comparable to Java yet. With Java, you have a 10+ year old tried-and-true platform. You have 10+ years worth of class libraries written, most Open Source, that eliminate 50%-75% of your workload when writing any application..
Sure,.Net does some things better than Java, like Windowing. But Mono's Windows.Forms is brand new and hardly what I could call enterprise-ready. And You have 10+ years of waiting for java apps to launch!
Very true that..When I read the first Harry Potter book (at 11) I pretty much hated books...now I'm 18 and I have a pretty large library, mostly consisting of stuff that would be considered much "finer" literature than HP (I still read the new ones though)..
HP is like a gateway drug to reading heavier stuff!
How can these consoles play these amazingly looking games with only 512mb of RAM? I mean I understand that PCs have OS overheads, etc. but I have played no game in the last year that didn't use at least half a gig..and they didn't look as good as some of those PS3 games do! so..what's up? Anyone care to enlighten me?
I actually achieved this a couple of years ago. But the phone rang and I set it down somewhere, and now I can't find it. I, too, have achieved this, but the solution will not fit the empty space in this comment.
This is yet another tactic from Microsoft to discourage the development of multi-platform titles by tying games to Windows even more. Which, of course, is a Good Thing (TM)! If games today weren't made both for the PC and the consoles, maybe they would be a bit less retarded..Or maybe even have usable interfaces!
Since I don't really understand semantics either...would that happen automatically or would it have to be a pre-programmed function like google's currency exchange, or calculator? I'm guessing not, but wouldn't that be amazingly hard to implement?
solves the 1200 year old problem that niether (sic. learn2spell) Newton nor Pythagoras could solve No wonder Pythagoras couldn't solve it since he was long dead!
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"Dead Nigger Storage"
They are not being made simply because it's pretty much impossible to recreate so good games..I mean seriously, is there anyone out there that thinks today's Blizzard could create something that's worth the StarCraft name? No way..
Founded some 2500 years ago. Not like it sprung up over night, like the maybe dozen Viennas you got in USA Not trying to be an asshole here, but Europe is wayyyy older than 2500 years..
Sure,
And You have 10+ years of waiting for java apps to launch!
Very true that..When I read the first Harry Potter book (at 11) I pretty much hated books...now I'm 18 and I have a pretty large library, mostly consisting of stuff that would be considered much "finer" literature than HP (I still read the new ones though)..
HP is like a gateway drug to reading heavier stuff!
Everything I need to know I learned from Star Trek.
Like how you should accept people, whether they be black, white, Klingon or even female. Now you're just stretching it too far!
(Alternative and more slashdotish reply: what are these females you speak of?)
You must be new here...
PS. nice sig, I, too, suffered from vaginal dryness but have now "moisturised my situation"
How can these consoles play these amazingly looking games with only 512mb of RAM? I mean I understand that PCs have OS overheads, etc. but I have played no game in the last year that didn't use at least half a gig..and they didn't look as good as some of those PS3 games do! so..what's up? Anyone care to enlighten me?
PS. Yes, it's Oblivion I'm talking about.
It's the joke whooshing over your head
No, actually the world is on pot!
Will they have frickin' lasers on their heads and/or will they run linux?
I get the first applicant in.
"Ok" I say "I'm just going to ask you some simple questions to guage your knowledge of Computing and Networking in relation to the Operations Field"
"Sure"
"Right. Question One. What's the best way to stop an individual posting nasty articles to news?"
"Close their account"
"Good - But can you elaborate?"
"Delete all their files, Change their password to `Knobhead' and Erase any backups of their account"
"Excellent. What is a killfile?"
"Uh. It's a list of usernames/topics/news items etc that you wish the news- reader to automatically skip so you don't have to wade through rubbish"
"Uh No. Remember I said pertaining to Operations. A killfile is in fact a file with a list of names of people you are going to kill."
"Oh. Of course."
"Never mind. What is DCE?"
"Delete, Close and Erase"
"Good. DTR?"
"DON'T TRY to RING. The Operator's watchword"
"Well done. DBMS?"
"Dont Bug My Supervisor. Probably the most important acronym around"
"You betcha. Ok. A user comes to you with a complaint about another user sending sexually explicit email messages to them. What do you do?"
"Take a copy of the messages, close the complainant's account (by accident) and extort money from the mailer by threatening to show their parents"
"Good. I think you'll do nicely. Hang onto this wire..."
"I don't think so."
"Excellent. You passed the final test. You start tommorrow. Please leave by that door so as not to disturb the other applicants."
BZZZZZEEEERETTT!
Electrified Door Handle. Gets them every time. I think it's the "Complaints Dept" sign that draws them to it like moths to a globe...
I push the body out onto the fire escape.
"NEXT!"
Since I don't really understand semantics either...would that happen automatically or would it have to be a pre-programmed function like google's currency exchange, or calculator? I'm guessing not, but wouldn't that be amazingly hard to implement?