It runs (both in regular and 'video compatibility' mode, in my experience, though better in the latest), but nowhere as good as it should. Framerates sometimes drop for no particular reason, and i've had quite a few random crashes. It's a shame, as Wine can run some newer, fancier 3D games with no hitches...
I never played it, but haven't games of that type started to get obsolete around 1990, right after the Wolfenstein 3D wiped the floor with them?
Give it a try. It's better than most of the crap FPS that have been released lately, and one of the most addicting multiplayer games i've tried in years.
I know i might be asking for too much... but does anyone knows if this gem of a game will ever have its own linux version? I LOVE Soldat, but have mixed sucess trying to run it under Wine.
Anyway, it's well worth a go if you never tried it before. It's not mentioned anywhere in the story, so, for those who haven't tried it, it's fast paced online deathmatch game, a-la-UT... in 2D, sporting "realistic" weapons (most borrowed from Counterstrike). It's easy to play, has very low hardware requirements, and its' gameplay is devastatingly addictive. That, and you can't beat bots that lay Arnie movie quotes every time they frag you:)
You tell people to "grow up," and yet your refusal to acknowledge the viewpoints of others would suggest to me that if anything, you're the one who needs to start developing intellectually.
Oh, for fucks' sake. The guy was a complete dick, but he is FAR from the worst that humanity has seen, as one might tend to beleive by the reactions shown here. This is not April 1945. And please, before you turn this into another "freedom of the masses" discussion, i'll repeat: all the guy did was restricting the way you're able to see movies. Read your local newspaper and check for yourself if there aren't bigger evils in this world.
We don't have to celebrate his death, but we also don't have to pretend he wasn't a douche.
Mod parent up, way up. First sane comment for this article. Sometimes/. comments manage to give me the creeps... so, you're all dancing arround his grave because he didn't want you to enjoy your movies the way you see fit? Grow up. Seriously.
My condolences to his friends and family, if any manages to read these lines.
Uno, dosh, tresh, catorshe! You know, i feel the same way - i keep getting the "but how can you not like them? it's U2!" look whenever i comment this in front of people. Their two latest albums, particularly, are laughably bad.
Anyway, i'm interested in how they plan to fit the Spiderman story into a Broadway musical... it's a comic book after all, and i don't know how well that could work without Spidey jumping arround and shooting spiderwebs arround the stage.
One thing is true: vinyl will outlast CD in durability, and the error correction is much more robust on Analog.
I'll have some of what you're smoking.
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Eventually, as it always happens, there will be bug releases and new drivers for Windows Vista. Upgrading to them is as easily as doing "Windows Update." Linux (and BSD) distros will never be this easily patched due to the very nature of being open source. I only have to go to 1 web site to update my PC's - Windows Update - and it's incredibly simple - just click on Update and voila, it's done and everything works.
Are you kidding? One of the biggest perks of both BSD and Linux is the painless it is to keep both your OS *AND* your apps updated. All modern distros make this extremely easy - a single command or a click on a button. Windows Update is actually very nice, but unless it patches your OS and updates all your apps (including the ones not by Microsoft), you're comparing apples and oranges.
Serenity is a good movie, and i think their producers did a fine job of keeping the storyline as independent of the original series, Firefly, as possible. Having said that, yes, i felt the same as you did - it's too convoluted of a story. Sadly enough, a lot of things in the movie simply won't make much sense without having watched the series.
Now, let me give you some advice. If you wanted to like Serenity but felt it was lacking character developement and plot, i suggest you give the Firefly DVD boxset a try. Hell, just buy it. The movie is OK, but the series were mindblowing, IMHO, and some of the finest blend of sci-fi and adventure i witnesed on TV in quite a while. I know a lot of people who didn't think much about the movie but fell in love with the series after watching a few episodes.
I don't think it's worth it. Why the hell shouldn't I be allowed to pay more to get a better connection?
Because, by doing this, you're automatically enabling providers to charge you for a better connection. How much and for what, exactly, is up to them. Not you. This creates a lot of possible abuse scenarios.
My brother introduced me to ZeFranks' world. I usually hate useless blogs, podcasts and "web stars" sites with a passion, but this guy had a genuinely funny and witty show, and it's well worth a look through the archives if you've never seen it before. It's even more interesting when you consider it was a one-year, five-episodes-per-week "experiment", and that he actually managed to keep it funny and interesting all the way.
"Do you feel safe drinking your tap water?" "Not always..."
Yes. He's a remarkably smart and articulate guy. Further proof can be found on Bowling for Columbine; i thought the movie was ok, but what struck me was that, of all the people interviewed, Marylin Manson made the most centered and intelligent points in the movie. The bit with Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) was very intersting aswell.
Amen! I'm not meaning to flame, but i'm sick and tired of people complaining about perfectly good "low level" languages like C just because it gives enough flexibility to the programmer to fuck up. "You mean you actually have to deal with memory management and parameter checks?! Preposterous!!!".
I see this all the time from developers that grow too acostumed to languages like Java and.ASP - which are fine too, but each have their place. You would never develop a web applet in C (if you even could), just as you would never develop a goddamn hypervisor in Java. Grow up.
Not to play devils' advocate here, but why is he throwing a hissyfit over Iran launching payload into space (if that's even true... the details are scarse, to say the least). Have they even broke a treaty here? Oh, but "if a bomb were on the end of this missile, it would in breach of Iran's obligations". Meh.
It's the same crap with their nuclear program, all over again. Let it be. It's not like the first world has a monopoly on technology that might be put to military use. Frankly, nowadays i worry more about North Korea.
It's also a 'secure' distribution medium in the eyes of many in the entertainment industry, since users can't upload content themselves.
...which is exactly why it won't be nowhere as popular as YouTube. Viacom should understand that there's more to YT than evil hackers trying to steal their precious copyrighted material.
Which has nothing to do with units shipped, launch sales, hardware specs and assorted crap. If you want to know which console will be "super popular", wait until the next-next gen consoles are released and pick the one that did the best in the previous one for $50. That's the only sure way.
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It runs (both in regular and 'video compatibility' mode, in my experience, though better in the latest), but nowhere as good as it should. Framerates sometimes drop for no particular reason, and i've had quite a few random crashes. It's a shame, as Wine can run some newer, fancier 3D games with no hitches...
I never played it, but haven't games of that type started to get obsolete around 1990, right after the Wolfenstein 3D wiped the floor with them?
Give it a try. It's better than most of the crap FPS that have been released lately, and one of the most addicting multiplayer games i've tried in years.
I know i might be asking for too much... but does anyone knows if this gem of a game will ever have its own linux version? I LOVE Soldat, but have mixed sucess trying to run it under Wine.
:)
Anyway, it's well worth a go if you never tried it before. It's not mentioned anywhere in the story, so, for those who haven't tried it, it's fast paced online deathmatch game, a-la-UT... in 2D, sporting "realistic" weapons (most borrowed from Counterstrike). It's easy to play, has very low hardware requirements, and its' gameplay is devastatingly addictive. That, and you can't beat bots that lay Arnie movie quotes every time they frag you
Troll? Most insightful post i've read all day.
You tell people to "grow up," and yet your refusal to acknowledge the viewpoints of others would suggest to me that if anything, you're the one who needs to start developing intellectually.
Oh, for fucks' sake. The guy was a complete dick, but he is FAR from the worst that humanity has seen, as one might tend to beleive by the reactions shown here. This is not April 1945. And please, before you turn this into another "freedom of the masses" discussion, i'll repeat: all the guy did was restricting the way you're able to see movies. Read your local newspaper and check for yourself if there aren't bigger evils in this world.
We don't have to celebrate his death, but we also don't have to pretend he wasn't a douche.
/. comments manage to give me the creeps... so, you're all dancing arround his grave because he didn't want you to enjoy your movies the way you see fit? Grow up. Seriously.
Mod parent up, way up. First sane comment for this article. Sometimes
My condolences to his friends and family, if any manages to read these lines.
The article is nothing more than an elaborate troll, IMHO - Hexley, for example, is perhaps one of the best looking software mascots arround. Come on.
Uno, dosh, tresh, catorshe! You know, i feel the same way - i keep getting the "but how can you not like them? it's U2!" look whenever i comment this in front of people. Their two latest albums, particularly, are laughably bad.
Anyway, i'm interested in how they plan to fit the Spiderman story into a Broadway musical... it's a comic book after all, and i don't know how well that could work without Spidey jumping arround and shooting spiderwebs arround the stage.
If you are baffled by this acronym, as i was just moments ago, take a second to read this fantastic post.
Can we cut this shit already?
One thing is true: vinyl will outlast CD in durability, and the error correction is much more robust on Analog.
I'll have some of what you're smoking.
Eventually, as it always happens, there will be bug releases and new drivers for Windows Vista. Upgrading to them is as easily as doing "Windows Update." Linux (and BSD) distros will never be this easily patched due to the very nature of being open source. I only have to go to 1 web site to update my PC's - Windows Update - and it's incredibly simple - just click on Update and voila, it's done and everything works.
Are you kidding? One of the biggest perks of both BSD and Linux is the painless it is to keep both your OS *AND* your apps updated. All modern distros make this extremely easy - a single command or a click on a button. Windows Update is actually very nice, but unless it patches your OS and updates all your apps (including the ones not by Microsoft), you're comparing apples and oranges.
Like the Western world is doing much better. We get shafted by politicians in a daily basis..
You know, the infamous ones like "We made Amiga, they fucked it up", referring to Commodore management. All too true...
It is just easier for them to sell something called "unlimited" than it is to sell something called "limited to 5GB"
It also happens to be illegal, you know...
Serenity is a good movie, and i think their producers did a fine job of keeping the storyline as independent of the original series, Firefly, as possible. Having said that, yes, i felt the same as you did - it's too convoluted of a story. Sadly enough, a lot of things in the movie simply won't make much sense without having watched the series.
Now, let me give you some advice. If you wanted to like Serenity but felt it was lacking character developement and plot, i suggest you give the Firefly DVD boxset a try. Hell, just buy it. The movie is OK, but the series were mindblowing, IMHO, and some of the finest blend of sci-fi and adventure i witnesed on TV in quite a while. I know a lot of people who didn't think much about the movie but fell in love with the series after watching a few episodes.
I don't think it's worth it. Why the hell shouldn't I be allowed to pay more to get a better connection?
Because, by doing this, you're automatically enabling providers to charge you for a better connection. How much and for what, exactly, is up to them. Not you. This creates a lot of possible abuse scenarios.
My brother introduced me to ZeFranks' world. I usually hate useless blogs, podcasts and "web stars" sites with a passion, but this guy had a genuinely funny and witty show, and it's well worth a look through the archives if you've never seen it before. It's even more interesting when you consider it was a one-year, five-episodes-per-week "experiment", and that he actually managed to keep it funny and interesting all the way.
"Do you feel safe drinking your tap water?"
"Not always..."
Thanks you for all the laughs, Frank.
Yes. He's a remarkably smart and articulate guy. Further proof can be found on Bowling for Columbine; i thought the movie was ok, but what struck me was that, of all the people interviewed, Marylin Manson made the most centered and intelligent points in the movie. The bit with Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) was very intersting aswell.
Amen! I'm not meaning to flame, but i'm sick and tired of people complaining about perfectly good "low level" languages like C just because it gives enough flexibility to the programmer to fuck up. "You mean you actually have to deal with memory management and parameter checks?! Preposterous!!!".
.ASP - which are fine too, but each have their place. You would never develop a web applet in C (if you even could), just as you would never develop a goddamn hypervisor in Java. Grow up.
I see this all the time from developers that grow too acostumed to languages like Java and
Not to play devils' advocate here, but why is he throwing a hissyfit over Iran launching payload into space (if that's even true... the details are scarse, to say the least). Have they even broke a treaty here? Oh, but "if a bomb were on the end of this missile, it would in breach of Iran's obligations". Meh.
It's the same crap with their nuclear program, all over again. Let it be. It's not like the first world has a monopoly on technology that might be put to military use. Frankly, nowadays i worry more about North Korea.
It's also a 'secure' distribution medium in the eyes of many in the entertainment industry, since users can't upload content themselves.
...which is exactly why it won't be nowhere as popular as YouTube. Viacom should understand that there's more to YT than evil hackers trying to steal their precious copyrighted material.
Same deal here in Argentina. The import tax system is severly fucked up, IMHO.
Huh?
Link please? I'm dying for a System Shock sequel!
Which has nothing to do with units shipped, launch sales, hardware specs and assorted crap. If you want to know which console will be "super popular", wait until the next-next gen consoles are released and pick the one that did the best in the previous one for $50. That's the only sure way.