I don't much play God in The Sims 2, but more like playing Jesus. Thanks to a bug that somehow crossed over from the first game, as a master carpenter I can make houses that float over the ground. In fact, it's even easier now; for one thing, you have five stories to work with instead of three.
In the first one, the trick was to place a crapload of support columns on the first level, then build a floor above it on the second level, then remove the columns. Now all you need to do is build walls on the first floor, then the second, then remove the walls from underneath. Now that you can have up to four floors + roof, you can actually have a house floating above a house floating above the ground.
I forsee lots of magic floating Jesus houses being built soon.
I wish it was because for a while, back when I was a kid, we were going to upgrade our 286 (at 13 MHz I think) to a 486/33. I think we decided to go for a cheaper 386 DX/40 MHz instead. Doom was barely playable on it when it came out. I even tried Doom on a 486SX/33 laptop and got to see it run about twice as fast. The 386 was the main computer for about five years, too. Shame. Luckily, we upgraded to a Pentium 133 just in time for QTest (the test release of Quake for those of you who don't know). Of course it was a Packard Bell (crap!) and we had that for another four years.
Quake came along during the last years of the 486. My brother had actually just put together a 486 DX 133 MHz when it came out. Yeah, it only ran about 15-25 fps, but only needed it to meet the campus network's system requirements, otherwise he probably could have taken the 386 along.
I do find it funny that Rise of the Triad displays, "Buy a 486!" if you have the screen set really small. I guess it's a case in point as to games not needing FPUs.
Most are designed to run at 60Hz but will run at 75Hz to prevent huge problems when the computer refuses to do 60Hz (low resolutions and OSes with no control over it). However, if you do run it at 75Hz, you may notice some video noise, which is most obvious if a checkerboard pattern is being displayed, such as the logout screen in Windows.
(Sorry, just cleaned someone's Compaq a couple days ago which was of similar specs. Over 400 instances of spyware in Ad-Aware and another 50 or so in Spybot)
True, I can think of nothing else in Linux that required a reboot while just about every application thinks it needs a restart in Windows.
Of course, changing global font size in Windows requires a restart as well, so it's not much better than X in that regard.
As for me running ext2, for some reason I went with it instead of ReiserFS, which I believe was the default for SuSE 9.1. Probably didn't want problems when mounting the partition in my other installed distro, Mandrake 10.0.
That's what makes me wonder why the machines in the back couldn't theoretically be run in Linux. Most of the work I've seen done while waiting at the DMV was being done through a terminal connection. All the free tools for web and email are already there. Office productivity is a bit iffy for government work, but also exists.
Yeah, for some reason, init 3 followed by init 5 doesn't take too kindly on some distros. After a couple of those, the sound server stops working for me in Mandrake. Sometimes a full reboot is needed.
Obviosuly I run Linux because it WORKS like I want it to, and don't suffer from problems like reboots...
You want to change resolutions or monitor profile? Reboot. You want to change font DPI? Reboot. Your system has scheduled fsck to run, either out of routine or out of improper shutdown? You need to reboot after it's done. (Nice, you have to reboot to reboot).
Linux has its small inconveniences too, even though you'll only run into them through heavy configuration, not casual use.
I bet you're right too. I'm sure there are many large corps who won't move from W2K to XP.
Microsoft will definitely give it a second though when they realize organizations like this one are using Windows 2000 on user machines. It took them until 2002 to get fully upgraded from NT 4.0 where I was.
You all know it's coming, but seriously folks, before the Dreamcast and original Playstation came out, what console's games didn't come out on a proprietary format?
NEC PC Engine (the later version with the cd drive, of course - the one with the awesome Castlevania game - Akumajuo Dracula X - Chi no Rondo)
Sega 32x was also standard CD-ROM, right? Sega Satuen? And what about Phillips CD-i? (if that even counts)
Uhh....I meant compressed at the file level. For instance, the warez release of Skies of Arcadia was on plain CD-ROM, but with the data compressed down to fit below the 700 MB limit.
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I don't much play God in The Sims 2, but more like playing Jesus. Thanks to a bug that somehow crossed over from the first game, as a master carpenter I can make houses that float over the ground. In fact, it's even easier now; for one thing, you have five stories to work with instead of three.
In the first one, the trick was to place a crapload of support columns on the first level, then build a floor above it on the second level, then remove the columns. Now all you need to do is build walls on the first floor, then the second, then remove the walls from underneath. Now that you can have up to four floors + roof, you can actually have a house floating above a house floating above the ground.
I forsee lots of magic floating Jesus houses being built soon.
BTW: wasn't that the 1st time AMD spanked Intel?
I wish it was because for a while, back when I was a kid, we were going to upgrade our 286 (at 13 MHz I think) to a 486/33. I think we decided to go for a cheaper 386 DX/40 MHz instead. Doom was barely playable on it when it came out. I even tried Doom on a 486SX/33 laptop and got to see it run about twice as fast. The 386 was the main computer for about five years, too. Shame. Luckily, we upgraded to a Pentium 133 just in time for QTest (the test release of Quake for those of you who don't know). Of course it was a Packard Bell (crap!) and we had that for another four years.
Quake came along during the last years of the 486. My brother had actually just put together a 486 DX 133 MHz when it came out. Yeah, it only ran about 15-25 fps, but only needed it to meet the campus network's system requirements, otherwise he probably could have taken the 386 along.
I do find it funny that Rise of the Triad displays, "Buy a 486!" if you have the screen set really small. I guess it's a case in point as to games not needing FPUs.
Haven't you figured it out yet?
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I also find it funny that the parent's comment has been modded redundant despite it never being said once before.
Uh..yeah, P4 1.7 GHz w/386 MB of evil RDRAM and a GeForce4 Ti 4200 128 MB at 1024x768 medium quality.
A little slow, yeah, but I put up with playing Quake II on a Pakcard Bell P133 (8-12 fps with 3dfx) for years, so this is quite tolerable.
Most are designed to run at 60Hz but will run at 75Hz to prevent huge problems when the computer refuses to do 60Hz (low resolutions and OSes with no control over it). However, if you do run it at 75Hz, you may notice some video noise, which is most obvious if a checkerboard pattern is being displayed, such as the logout screen in Windows.
It's also a Dell, so what can you expect? "Dude, you're going to Hell!"
That Dell monitor is probably a rebadged Samsung or LG.
It's not just you. I can't even find any.....in Japan! Hell, even a 2x rated single-layer 5-pack was 1300 yen (about $13).
The parent was modded offtopic. May I ask why?
Seriously, even a third-grader knows what "offtopic" means.
Level 5 computer: Athlon 2400+, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5200
Level 3 computer: Athlon 2400+, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5200, WeatherBug, CoolWebSearch
Level 2 computer: Athlon 2400+, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5200, WeatherBug, CoolWebSearch, Bonzi Buddy, ShopAtHomeSelect
Level -1 computer: Athlon 2400+, 512 MB RAM, GeForce FX 5200, WeatherBug, CoolWebSearch, Bonzi Buddy, ShopAtHomeSelect, Claria, Alexa, Sasser, DiallerPlatform, MSBlast
(Sorry, just cleaned someone's Compaq a couple days ago which was of similar specs. Over 400 instances of spyware in Ad-Aware and another 50 or so in Spybot)
I thought Apple did this with the original iMacs and it seemed ridiculous then.
"My Macintosh is grape!"
Great.
True, I can think of nothing else in Linux that required a reboot while just about every application thinks it needs a restart in Windows.
Of course, changing global font size in Windows requires a restart as well, so it's not much better than X in that regard.
As for me running ext2, for some reason I went with it instead of ReiserFS, which I believe was the default for SuSE 9.1. Probably didn't want problems when mounting the partition in my other installed distro, Mandrake 10.0.
If there's that much saturation of potential IT employees, wouldn't that be all the more of a justification needed to hire somebody with a clue?
That's what makes me wonder why the machines in the back couldn't theoretically be run in Linux. Most of the work I've seen done while waiting at the DMV was being done through a terminal connection. All the free tools for web and email are already there. Office productivity is a bit iffy for government work, but also exists.
...and the licenses all now say, "Hey, everybody! I'm driving to the gay porno shop!"
"So I flew in from Atlanta and boy are my arms tired!"
*porno music plays*
Yeah, for some reason, init 3 followed by init 5 doesn't take too kindly on some distros. After a couple of those, the sound server stops working for me in Mandrake. Sometimes a full reboot is needed.
Obviosuly I run Linux because it WORKS like I want it to, and don't suffer from problems like reboots...
You want to change resolutions or monitor profile? Reboot. You want to change font DPI? Reboot. Your system has scheduled fsck to run, either out of routine or out of improper shutdown? You need to reboot after it's done. (Nice, you have to reboot to reboot).
Linux has its small inconveniences too, even though you'll only run into them through heavy configuration, not casual use.
Neither of which were integrated into the OS.
I bet you're right too. I'm sure there are many large corps who won't move from W2K to XP.
Microsoft will definitely give it a second though when they realize organizations like this one are using Windows 2000 on user machines. It took them until 2002 to get fully upgraded from NT 4.0 where I was.
and Ad-Aware categorizes it at a possible browser hijack attempt and changes it back to msn.com
it read "obey all signs"
Boy, life would suck on "New Billboard" day.
You might be confusing him with Tom Anderson who said that when he was trying to order at the drive-thru at Burger World?
You all know it's coming, but seriously folks, before the Dreamcast and original Playstation came out, what console's games didn't come out on a proprietary format?
NEC PC Engine (the later version with the cd drive, of course - the one with the awesome Castlevania game - Akumajuo Dracula X - Chi no Rondo)
Sega 32x was also standard CD-ROM, right? Sega Satuen? And what about Phillips CD-i? (if that even counts)
Uhh....I meant compressed at the file level. For instance, the warez release of Skies of Arcadia was on plain CD-ROM, but with the data compressed down to fit below the 700 MB limit.