Re:There needs to be a "Fun" score in every review
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Black Review
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I don't give a rats ass about how the graphics compare to other shooters, whether or not every region of my brain is being properly stimulated, or if the plot is "weak". It's just a fun game. Why don't reviews talk about that anymore?
Much agreed. I have the same issue with movie reviews - i mean, i can enjoy a well crafted, meaningful movie as much as i can enjoy turning my brain off to watch a B-action movie on TV or the latest summer blockbuster. Some reviewers seem to be insulted by the idea that simple entertainment can be, well, entertaining. I have no idea why it is so damn hard to find reviews that can ignore the cheezynees and focus on the fun value. Roger Ebert has been getting better at it though.
Never mind. Commando will always be sitting next to Citizen Kane and Dr. Strangelove in my DVD collection.
"Multicore gives us the ability to get back on traditional performance growth lines," Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner told reporters on Monday. "We have become fanatical about energy efficiency. We have to continue to make progress in terms of energy efficiency."
Does this means these new multicores will fry eggs even faster? I hate it when my meal isn't done in time!
Hmmm are you sure? Maybe it's not as easy as going to a gun shop and walking away with a semiauto pistol, but i'm pretty sure a civilian can own guns legally almost everywhere. Requirements for being able to own one vary wildly, of course.
I don't live in the US (Argentina here), but in almost every single country in the world you can own a firearm legally as long as it's not full-auto, and that's pretty much it. You can even buy high powered ammunition and guns to fire it (stuff like.50BMG rounds). In my country anything over.32 is considered "war round" and requires a special permit, which requieres you to take a gun safety course and a clean rap sheet. But still, it's completely doable.
Yo can also carry a handgun concealed here, only if you have a permit for doing so. In some places in the US, you don't even need that.
Oh, so we should allow anything inappropriate like drugs and guns to be freely allowed - like that works! Perhaps we should allow porn of all types to be available in public libraries, because clearly most parents do the "right thing" and educate their kids... what a joke, what world do you live in?
Guns and porn are freely allowed, just not to a kid. You need a licence for a gun - you can even carry them arround in the street if you have a permit. Porn is allowed to everyone who's legally old enough.
I also had this discussion with a friend a while ago about if drugs should be legalized, like alcohol is - i think that marijuana should be legalized, but he made a pretty good case about how every single drug should be legalized, which is a longer story in itself. Even then, alcohol, tobbaco and some medicaments ARE drugs and you can get them, again, if you're old enough.
Eventually it's up to the parents to decide what's sutiable for their children to see. See, kids are NOT the only one playing games. And we have a rating system already to determine which games can and which ones can't be sold to a kid. Banning it was completely unnecesary. The game doesn't encourage vandalism more than GTA encourages stealing cars, Hollywood action movies encourage shooting people and religious TV shows encourage catholicism.
Well, it does make sense. For a dog, you're God and the universe revolves arround you. Cats wouldn't give two shits about you if you weren't the one feeding them - in fact, they always have this "leave me alone, dumbass" look on them after they're done with their meal. The ungrateful bastards:)
Re:I'm just saying this...
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More iTunes Math
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· Score: 2, Insightful
Why troll? He's damn right. Why how iTunes calculates ratings is considered a story? Why is it presented as "math", like it's advanced calculus? And why the hell is this on the science section?
That being said, I have a big beef with this article. He's calling for "Games with Soul," eh? Oh yeah? How so? That's a pretty broad statement, there, feller. And whatever Jaffe meant by it, we can't figure out from this article.
I think he meant in the same way good music is the one with soul, regardless the style. The one made with passion and love for what you do. Not the one tailored to sell X copies by a commitee.
And if it's that, he'd be right. Damn right.
I don't think so, no. Atleast, until real 3D displays become available. A 3D desktop like that Xgl demo is nice to look at, but doesn't really improve usability, IMHO. It's a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
I recall trying an addon for Windows that placed the desktop on a sphere. Nice, but not really useful. The spinning desktop on the video is very similar to 3D-Desktop, which only adds a nifty way to switch between virtual desktops. It's really cool to look at, but, say, an horizontal displacement between desktops would achieve the same practical effect. It's cool, and i want it, but it isn't really groundbreaking.
Check the window movement on that video though - awfully smooth. That kind of stuff is what i want to see on my desktop. That, and real transparency on consoles;)
Well, instead of having X.Org using system memory you'll have your video card using video memory - which on most laptops are the same thing. And even then, it's not like you can't disable it.
Forget 3D desktops - the real beauty of Xgl is that allows the use of OpenGL to render parts of your desktop, which means your video card won't just be using 1% of its potential anymore. This is done by OSX and it means faster and sleeker graphical desktops.
Also, combined with the new X.Org extensions (Compositing, Damager, Cairo) it means, of course, eyecandy galore:)
Indeed. I've tried compositing on my XFCE desktop and a nNvida FX5200 with the binary drivers, and i had these beautiful window shadows and the ability to set window transparency. It works, and works now.
Unfortunately, nVidia binary drivers still don't properly support glx (OpenGL) if compositing is enabled. The option you mention forces it, but you still get weird graphical glitches everywhere. For the time being, if you can live without glx, try compositing. Really cool stuff.
I did - i had it for a few months while i was switching to a new computer. I eventually settled for Gentoo, but Ubuntu was quite nice, and, from a non-power user point of view, damn easy to use. Even more so Mandrake, which i ended up reccomending to a friend who wanted to try Linux - it's even better built up, and has things like repartitioning utilities that made the install a breeze.
Maybe i'm lucky, but OO 2.0 imported every single Office document i've throwed at it perfectly. My epson inkjet printer works flawlessly, GIMP fulfils my (basic, admitedly) image editing needs just fine, and even my POS Concord webcam works. You can use your iPod just fine. I haven't tried iTunes on Wine, but i did try Maple and it worked perfectly. So did Orcad, another software package i used quite a lot.
It is good enough for most people, and that's right now. Of course you'll find a lot of Windows software that won't work correctly on *nix that you might need, but as a whole, it's good enough for a basic desktop. And that's ignoring the shitload of perfectly good *nix software that isn't available on Windows either. Again, you can use Linux as a desktop. Today.
Come on, everyone has their killer apps. For some is Quicken, for others Office, for some others Photoshop, etc. The thing is, you can have a working, useable, productive desktop today. In your case, you're migrating OSs, so of course you'll bump into issues - just as if you switched to, say, OSX - but if you want to, it's doable. Now.
As for Quicken => GNUCash, i'm sorry - i've rarely used either lately:( Quicken has a reputation for "locking-in" their clients though, so i'm sure the migration wouldn't be as easy as it should...
You can have a desktop linux NOW. Fetch a modern commercial distro (http://www.ubuntu.com/>Ubuntu, Mandrake, etc) or any of the freeones and you'll have an excellent desktop with little issues, if any.
The people that bitch about the "linux desktop" haven't normally ever tried Linux and want something that feels like their WinXP desktop. If you're looking for that, yes, there's nothing like it now and probably won't be for a while. If you want an useable Unix desktop, there's a lot of excellent ones arround.
You have a widechoice of desktops and window and managers, and there's a lotofexcellentsoftwarefor them. A linux desktop is useable today, and by anyone - i had Ubuntu on a desktop for a while and my mother, who's 'computer-imparied' had zero issues using it. Besides being unable to find the blue E icon;)
Not at all! In fact, i find it great - and it's not because the evangelization of OSS and all that bullshit, but because it shows that the guys at FOShave a sense of humor.
Kudos to them. People should stop taking some things so seriously.
Abu Ghraib, torture? You should really look up the internation definition of torture, Abu Ghraib was humiliating but certainly not torture. If you've got an axe to grind, then use the right stone.
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3141, right?
Damnit! You sneaky nerds! Is 2718 taken?
I don't give a rats ass about how the graphics compare to other shooters, whether or not every region of my brain is being properly stimulated, or if the plot is "weak". It's just a fun game. Why don't reviews talk about that anymore?
Much agreed. I have the same issue with movie reviews - i mean, i can enjoy a well crafted, meaningful movie as much as i can enjoy turning my brain off to watch a B-action movie on TV or the latest summer blockbuster. Some reviewers seem to be insulted by the idea that simple entertainment can be, well, entertaining. I have no idea why it is so damn hard to find reviews that can ignore the cheezynees and focus on the fun value. Roger Ebert has been getting better at it though.
Never mind. Commando will always be sitting next to Citizen Kane and Dr. Strangelove in my DVD collection.
Glad to see some common sense arround here. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony announces the PS3 can cure cancer.
"Multicore gives us the ability to get back on traditional performance growth lines," Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner told reporters on Monday. "We have become fanatical about energy efficiency. We have to continue to make progress in terms of energy efficiency."
Does this means these new multicores will fry eggs even faster? I hate it when my meal isn't done in time!
"That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life!"
Hmmm are you sure? Maybe it's not as easy as going to a gun shop and walking away with a semiauto pistol, but i'm pretty sure a civilian can own guns legally almost everywhere. Requirements for being able to own one vary wildly, of course.
I don't live in the US (Argentina here), but in almost every single country in the world you can own a firearm legally as long as it's not full-auto, and that's pretty much it. You can even buy high powered ammunition and guns to fire it (stuff like .50BMG rounds). In my country anything over .32 is considered "war round" and requires a special permit, which requieres you to take a gun safety course and a clean rap sheet. But still, it's completely doable.
Yo can also carry a handgun concealed here, only if you have a permit for doing so. In some places in the US, you don't even need that.
Oh, so we should allow anything inappropriate like drugs and guns to be freely allowed - like that works! Perhaps we should allow porn of all types to be available in public libraries, because clearly most parents do the "right thing" and educate their kids... what a joke, what world do you live in?
Guns and porn are freely allowed, just not to a kid. You need a licence for a gun - you can even carry them arround in the street if you have a permit. Porn is allowed to everyone who's legally old enough.
I also had this discussion with a friend a while ago about if drugs should be legalized, like alcohol is - i think that marijuana should be legalized, but he made a pretty good case about how every single drug should be legalized, which is a longer story in itself. Even then, alcohol, tobbaco and some medicaments ARE drugs and you can get them, again, if you're old enough.
Eventually it's up to the parents to decide what's sutiable for their children to see. See, kids are NOT the only one playing games. And we have a rating system already to determine which games can and which ones can't be sold to a kid. Banning it was completely unnecesary. The game doesn't encourage vandalism more than GTA encourages stealing cars, Hollywood action movies encourage shooting people and religious TV shows encourage catholicism.
I have to wonder, what is it about Japanese culture that produces these people in such high numbers? In America, they'd listen to emo music.
Makes sense. I'd rather kill myself.
Twice.
Well, it does make sense. For a dog, you're God and the universe revolves arround you. Cats wouldn't give two shits about you if you weren't the one feeding them - in fact, they always have this "leave me alone, dumbass" look on them after they're done with their meal. The ungrateful bastards :)
Why troll? He's damn right. Why how iTunes calculates ratings is considered a story? Why is it presented as "math", like it's advanced calculus? And why the hell is this on the science section?
That being said, I have a big beef with this article. He's calling for "Games with Soul," eh? Oh yeah? How so? That's a pretty broad statement, there, feller. And whatever Jaffe meant by it, we can't figure out from this article.
I think he meant in the same way good music is the one with soul, regardless the style. The one made with passion and love for what you do. Not the one tailored to sell X copies by a commitee.
And if it's that, he'd be right. Damn right.
I don't think so, no. Atleast, until real 3D displays become available. A 3D desktop like that Xgl demo is nice to look at, but doesn't really improve usability, IMHO. It's a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
;)
I recall trying an addon for Windows that placed the desktop on a sphere. Nice, but not really useful. The spinning desktop on the video is very similar to 3D-Desktop, which only adds a nifty way to switch between virtual desktops. It's really cool to look at, but, say, an horizontal displacement between desktops would achieve the same practical effect. It's cool, and i want it, but it isn't really groundbreaking.
Check the window movement on that video though - awfully smooth. That kind of stuff is what i want to see on my desktop. That, and real transparency on consoles
Well, instead of having X.Org using system memory you'll have your video card using video memory - which on most laptops are the same thing. And even then, it's not like you can't disable it.
"Damage", not "Damager". I need to stop drinking coffee.
Forget 3D desktops - the real beauty of Xgl is that allows the use of OpenGL to render parts of your desktop, which means your video card won't just be using 1% of its potential anymore. This is done by OSX and it means faster and sleeker graphical desktops.
:)
Also, combined with the new X.Org extensions (Compositing, Damager, Cairo) it means, of course, eyecandy galore
Indeed. I've tried compositing on my XFCE desktop and a nNvida FX5200 with the binary drivers, and i had these beautiful window shadows and the ability to set window transparency. It works, and works now.
Unfortunately, nVidia binary drivers still don't properly support glx (OpenGL) if compositing is enabled. The option you mention forces it, but you still get weird graphical glitches everywhere. For the time being, if you can live without glx, try compositing. Really cool stuff.
Opera renders pages as good (and even better) than Opera, Konqueror, and the bunch. You should give it a try.
I did - i had it for a few months while i was switching to a new computer. I eventually settled for Gentoo, but Ubuntu was quite nice, and, from a non-power user point of view, damn easy to use. Even more so Mandrake, which i ended up reccomending to a friend who wanted to try Linux - it's even better built up, and has things like repartitioning utilities that made the install a breeze.
Maybe i'm lucky, but OO 2.0 imported every single Office document i've throwed at it perfectly. My epson inkjet printer works flawlessly, GIMP fulfils my (basic, admitedly) image editing needs just fine, and even my POS Concord webcam works. You can use your iPod just fine. I haven't tried iTunes on Wine, but i did try Maple and it worked perfectly. So did Orcad, another software package i used quite a lot.
It is good enough for most people, and that's right now. Of course you'll find a lot of Windows software that won't work correctly on *nix that you might need, but as a whole, it's good enough for a basic desktop. And that's ignoring the shitload of perfectly good *nix software that isn't available on Windows either. Again, you can use Linux as a desktop. Today.
Come on, everyone has their killer apps. For some is Quicken, for others Office, for some others Photoshop, etc. The thing is, you can have a working, useable, productive desktop today. In your case, you're migrating OSs, so of course you'll bump into issues - just as if you switched to, say, OSX - but if you want to, it's doable. Now.
:( Quicken has a reputation for "locking-in" their clients though, so i'm sure the migration wouldn't be as easy as it should...
As for Quicken => GNUCash, i'm sorry - i've rarely used either lately
You can have a desktop linux NOW. Fetch a modern commercial distro (http://www.ubuntu.com/>Ubuntu, Mandrake, etc) or any of the free ones and you'll have an excellent desktop with little issues, if any.
;)
The people that bitch about the "linux desktop" haven't normally ever tried Linux and want something that feels like their WinXP desktop. If you're looking for that, yes, there's nothing like it now and probably won't be for a while. If you want an useable Unix desktop, there's a lot of excellent ones arround.
You have a wide choice of desktops and window and managers, and there's a lot of excellent software for them. A linux desktop is useable today, and by anyone - i had Ubuntu on a desktop for a while and my mother, who's 'computer-imparied' had zero issues using it. Besides being unable to find the blue E icon
Not at all! In fact, i find it great - and it's not because the evangelization of OSS and all that bullshit, but because it shows that the guys at FOShave a sense of humor.
Kudos to them. People should stop taking some things so seriously.
Firefox 1.0.7 renders it just dandy. So does Opera 8.51, both on Linux-x86.
Abu Ghraib, torture? You should really look up the internation definition of torture, Abu Ghraib was humiliating but certainly not torture. If you've got an axe to grind, then use the right stone.
Yeah, humiliating alright. Sheeze.