It wasn't even all that well polished. I think the real problem was, and this is mentioned in the interview, is that Blizzard had several superhits under its belt and that creates a very different environment. Blizzard could basically take as long as they needed on their games, because their track record gave investors confidence that it would pay off for them. Flagship had no such luxury and they had to release the game far sooner than they would have liked because there was no more money for more time.
Agreed. You can get news from any number of places on the web. I come to slashdot for its discussion and moderation system. There's probably just as many morons here as there are on digg, but slashdot does a much better job at burying the dumb stuff and making the less dumb stuff more visible.
Is this the thread where we all post things straight from his website to get +5 funny? Because I was thinking that the development of clean coal technology will revitalize coal mining and return jobs to some of America's most economically disadvantaged areas. The demonstration projects alone will employ over 30,000 Americans.
Anything I've visited within the scope of my history is easily accessed via the address bar. Anything new I want to find is best accessed via the search bar. This is much the way its always been, except now the address bar is better at it. For me, it has completely supplanted bookmarks, as the sites I go to most often are shown by default, and any that don't make the cut are showing within 1 or 2 letters.
You seem very anti-awesomebar, as I was at first, but I'm curious if your complaint is more philosophical (I don't like the idea of it) or practical (it doesn't do what I want it to). Because I'm almost positive that you can get the awesome bar to act very much like the old bar if you continue to use it that way. If you hit 's' to get to slashdot often, slashdot will quickly become the first result when pressing s. If you like to hit 'so' to go to "someotherwebsite", that will quickly become your top 'so' result. The behavior of the awesomebar can be as predictable as your browsing habits.
The results are sorted by relevance based on how often you visit that site, and how often you get there by hitting 's' in the address bar. If its bringing up maps.google.com first, that's apparently representative of how you browse. It knows me pretty damn well by now, and even typing in 'www' brings me up an extremely accurate list of the sites I still access by manually typing in URLs.
He can't be alive for the next one. That whole thing at the end with batman taking the blame for Dent's actions as two-face to preserve his good image are very deliberate scene setters for the third movie.
He didn't say he didn't know how to program, only that he wasn't that good at it. There are plenty of bad programmers out there who are content to churn out bad code. It would be nice if more of them acknowledged their shortcomings and looked for something they were better suited for.
I run WoW under wine on ubuntu. Works perfectly, and even plays nice with the compiz fusion desktop effects. I can run WoW on one desktop, and then spin the cube to another to answer IMs or whatever.
Personally, I use pidgin because it's completely devoid of excess crap. Actually, the first things I do upon installing it are to disable sounds, graphical smileys and incoming fonts and colors.
I could type documents, browse the web, and hang out on AIM just fine in Windows. You've got that backwards. If those are the things someone uses their computer for, why would they pay for Windows?
Reviewers hated the camera in the first xbox Ninja Gaiden game too. Its not particularly helpful if left to do its thing, but NG1 had a button that snapped the camera directly behind you. Manipulating the camera was second nature by the time level 2 rolled around, so fans of the first game should have no trouble here.
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It wasn't even all that well polished. I think the real problem was, and this is mentioned in the interview, is that Blizzard had several superhits under its belt and that creates a very different environment. Blizzard could basically take as long as they needed on their games, because their track record gave investors confidence that it would pay off for them. Flagship had no such luxury and they had to release the game far sooner than they would have liked because there was no more money for more time.
Agreed. You can get news from any number of places on the web. I come to slashdot for its discussion and moderation system. There's probably just as many morons here as there are on digg, but slashdot does a much better job at burying the dumb stuff and making the less dumb stuff more visible.
Is this the thread where we all post things straight from his website to get +5 funny? Because I was thinking that the development of clean coal technology will revitalize coal mining and return jobs to some of America's most economically disadvantaged areas. The demonstration projects alone will employ over 30,000 Americans.
On the bright side, the GP has never seen armageddon. So while you may have corrected him, I think he's winning overall.
Anything I've visited within the scope of my history is easily accessed via the address bar. Anything new I want to find is best accessed via the search bar. This is much the way its always been, except now the address bar is better at it. For me, it has completely supplanted bookmarks, as the sites I go to most often are shown by default, and any that don't make the cut are showing within 1 or 2 letters.
You seem very anti-awesomebar, as I was at first, but I'm curious if your complaint is more philosophical (I don't like the idea of it) or practical (it doesn't do what I want it to). Because I'm almost positive that you can get the awesome bar to act very much like the old bar if you continue to use it that way. If you hit 's' to get to slashdot often, slashdot will quickly become the first result when pressing s. If you like to hit 'so' to go to "someotherwebsite", that will quickly become your top 'so' result. The behavior of the awesomebar can be as predictable as your browsing habits.
The results are sorted by relevance based on how often you visit that site, and how often you get there by hitting 's' in the address bar. If its bringing up maps.google.com first, that's apparently representative of how you browse. It knows me pretty damn well by now, and even typing in 'www' brings me up an extremely accurate list of the sites I still access by manually typing in URLs.
Related to Miles Dyson who helped invent skynet?
Hmm. I'll admit to not actually knowing that. Here's to you grammar nazi, who actually taught me something today.
Sony and Microsoft already payed these guys. They apparently have a pretty good case.
You're in the games section. The newsworthy requirement is significantly reduced.
Who would have thought of that? Clearly he's not black.
He can't be alive for the next one. That whole thing at the end with batman taking the blame for Dent's actions as two-face to preserve his good image are very deliberate scene setters for the third movie.
bnetd? The reverse engineered version of their free online service, minus the check for a legitimate copy of the game?
How exactly can they justify not shutting that down?
He didn't say he didn't know how to program, only that he wasn't that good at it. There are plenty of bad programmers out there who are content to churn out bad code. It would be nice if more of them acknowledged their shortcomings and looked for something they were better suited for.
I run WoW under wine on ubuntu. Works perfectly, and even plays nice with the compiz fusion desktop effects. I can run WoW on one desktop, and then spin the cube to another to answer IMs or whatever.
Perhaps Blizzard and I can simplify our relationship and I can just hand them my soul. They seem to have a pretty good handle on it as it is.
Are you blind? Your link shows the gx2 beating the 280 in nearly every actual game.
What's wrong with flash? It's working just fine here on RC2 (and worked back when I tried beta 2 also).
None of the release candidates identify themselves as release candidates in help/about. You're running RC1.
Personally, I use pidgin because it's completely devoid of excess crap. Actually, the first things I do upon installing it are to disable sounds, graphical smileys and incoming fonts and colors.
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
Should I be afraid yet?
Reviewers hated the camera in the first xbox Ninja Gaiden game too. Its not particularly helpful if left to do its thing, but NG1 had a button that snapped the camera directly behind you. Manipulating the camera was second nature by the time level 2 rolled around, so fans of the first game should have no trouble here.