And you still had to set IRQs, load a custom driver (OpenGL didn't come with most things) and generally muck around for a while before you could get anything to work. Like it or not, DirectX forced OpenGL to work hard to meet its standard for making video acceleration just work. DirectX is how most 3D games on Windows accelerate graphics. There *might* be an option to use OpenGL if the vendor feels like it.
Cave systems have the advantage that you can shunt air *out* very easily, and incoming air is usually coming from elsewhere in the system where it is already cool. Hollow out and reinforce some caverns properly, stick some nice big fans on an exit, and you're onto a winner.
In that case tighten up rules on abortions. Timit them only to situations such as rape, or where a continued pregnancy would harm the mother or child.
That way it cuts off unethical abortions for cash, but doesn't make it illegal altogether. There will always be back-alley abortion clinics for those who didn't think about contraception (Abortion is not a form of this) but what can you do?
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 features campaign mode, sandbox mode, and a quite of editors to create content for use in either. Works for me, no matter how I feel.
Could a semi-rigid (ie unfolding) wing be used for a jump? You leap out similar to a HALO so you can have high speed descent, then halfway down you flip the wings to glide, and at low altitude lose the wings and open a chute.
Why a console? Why not make iGames a Steam-like application. Getting games running on Mactels isn't as hard as old PowerPCs, and with a proper download model if you already own the game (Just plug in your CD key) then they're onto a winner.
If I could get the games I usually play to work on a Mac, then I'll switch. Until then, I value my gibs too much.
Just out of interest, how well does that deal with different machine builds? Does it grab the appropriate drivers, or sit around with generic until they are manually updated?
I hook it up to my network and use network boot. Formats, installs XP SP2 with all current patches slipstreamed in, Office 2003 with patches, configures it, installs stuff like Firefox (with configuration), sets it up to use the domain, and reboots. Works for any model of desktop I have tried so far. Average build time 3 hours for everything, no user interaction.
Corporate licences are good. Knowing how to use Active Directory is better.
When terrestrial TV is shut off, digital TV should (hopefully) expand into that frequency block to increase channels on the multiplex. However, as far as I am aware the general idea is to use most of that space to pump out HDTV on the major channels (The BBC and ITV lot, C4 and five).
This is purely a physical limitation, the infrastructure won't support higher frequencies over existing transmitters and arials. But since not all of the free space will be used, it can be sold off to something which is hopefully more efficient.
It's amazing how much bandwidth we waste on shopping channels, I would have thought we would have learnt from the USA's "500 channels, and still nothing to watch" mentality by now.
One thing you can do is set error reporting to full in a.htaccess and then take a look at your site. It will bitch about calling strange variables, missing quotes, assumptions you have made, reliance on bad features and quite a bit more.
On the other hand, a lot of countries various organisations won't kick up such a fuss if you copy your music onto an iPod, even though it's technically illegal. The BPI are getting worse though (Probably due to RIAA pressure).
Because a spreadsheet isn't a program. No matter which way you slice it up, if you find your spreadsheet needing to do anything where deleting a row will nuke huge chunks of functionality, it needs to be a properly written application. Macros only take you so far.
And a database has the added bonus of easier interoperability, built in transaction logging, seperation of application from data etc.
It would be like Steam, transparently download and update every game the user owns, silently sync savegames and settings using.Mac, share stats with other likeminded players, save screenshots and in-game videos to iLife...
I wouldn't put it past them. And if it's done well with reasonable games at reasonable prices, *and I can move game keys to iGames without paying anything else* then I'll get a Mac to play games on. I can't justify buying a Mac with no games (Sorry, but I like my PC games), nor can I justify buying a Mac then buying my whole collection again.
If all I need to do is punch in my CD key again and they appear in my 'available games' list in a Steam-esque fasion, then I'm sold.
iPod is useful (It plays music well with a useful interface) and stylish (It looks good). Combined with a good advertising campaign, it becomes a market leader.
Most players which aren't either iPods, or from the WMP DRM camp are functional (They play music with some kind of interface) and possibly stylish (They're not the size of a housebrick).
Hence iPods or devices which use the WMP DRM system are at the top.
But they may install to "All Users", so the icon appears in (gasp) the desktop for every user.
The shortcut was to the beta report tool, and was in the All Users folder, so it's fair game for it to be system owned and not meant for deletion 'because it was in your way'. If the beta report tool is in the actual release, then you can start to go "WTF is this icon doing?"
It's not only people fobbing off the law either. I've come across ones for Dragonball Z mods (of all things) saying if you are or were an employee of FUNimation Inc. then you can't enter the site.
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And you still had to set IRQs, load a custom driver (OpenGL didn't come with most things) and generally muck around for a while before you could get anything to work. Like it or not, DirectX forced OpenGL to work hard to meet its standard for making video acceleration just work. DirectX is how most 3D games on Windows accelerate graphics. There *might* be an option to use OpenGL if the vendor feels like it.
Cave systems have the advantage that you can shunt air *out* very easily, and incoming air is usually coming from elsewhere in the system where it is already cool. Hollow out and reinforce some caverns properly, stick some nice big fans on an exit, and you're onto a winner.
There's a nice new strap-on delta wing you may be interested in.
In that case tighten up rules on abortions. Timit them only to situations such as rape, or where a continued pregnancy would harm the mother or child.
That way it cuts off unethical abortions for cash, but doesn't make it illegal altogether. There will always be back-alley abortion clinics for those who didn't think about contraception (Abortion is not a form of this) but what can you do?
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 features campaign mode, sandbox mode, and a quite of editors to create content for use in either. Works for me, no matter how I feel.
YMMV if you're not a simulation fan.
Could a semi-rigid (ie unfolding) wing be used for a jump? You leap out similar to a HALO so you can have high speed descent, then halfway down you flip the wings to glide, and at low altitude lose the wings and open a chute.
Why a console? Why not make iGames a Steam-like application. Getting games running on Mactels isn't as hard as old PowerPCs, and with a proper download model if you already own the game (Just plug in your CD key) then they're onto a winner.
If I could get the games I usually play to work on a Mac, then I'll switch. Until then, I value my gibs too much.
Just out of interest, how well does that deal with different machine builds? Does it grab the appropriate drivers, or sit around with generic until they are manually updated?
I've been addressed by a parking machine before now. In a Norwegian accent nonetheless. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't live in the north of England.
I hook it up to my network and use network boot. Formats, installs XP SP2 with all current patches slipstreamed in, Office 2003 with patches, configures it, installs stuff like Firefox (with configuration), sets it up to use the domain, and reboots. Works for any model of desktop I have tried so far. Average build time 3 hours for everything, no user interaction.
Corporate licences are good. Knowing how to use Active Directory is better.
When terrestrial TV is shut off, digital TV should (hopefully) expand into that frequency block to increase channels on the multiplex. However, as far as I am aware the general idea is to use most of that space to pump out HDTV on the major channels (The BBC and ITV lot, C4 and five).
This is purely a physical limitation, the infrastructure won't support higher frequencies over existing transmitters and arials. But since not all of the free space will be used, it can be sold off to something which is hopefully more efficient.
It's amazing how much bandwidth we waste on shopping channels, I would have thought we would have learnt from the USA's "500 channels, and still nothing to watch" mentality by now.
One thing you can do is set error reporting to full in a .htaccess and then take a look at your site. It will bitch about calling strange variables, missing quotes, assumptions you have made, reliance on bad features and quite a bit more.
On the other hand, a lot of countries various organisations won't kick up such a fuss if you copy your music onto an iPod, even though it's technically illegal. The BPI are getting worse though (Probably due to RIAA pressure).
But IRC is capable of direct communication by negotiating a transfer of IP address, is it not?
Go go gadget multicast.
Because a spreadsheet isn't a program. No matter which way you slice it up, if you find your spreadsheet needing to do anything where deleting a row will nuke huge chunks of functionality, it needs to be a properly written application. Macros only take you so far.
And a database has the added bonus of easier interoperability, built in transaction logging, seperation of application from data etc.
Busy yes, but not engaged. Once you hit a high enough level, there's nothing to do in the vast majority of MMORPGs except for grind.
You mean like all those lovely linux apps which work with no dependencies?
*sigh* I'll bite...
Two words should knock this one down: Evidence please.
Is there any way to easily recover your system from this, as in a 'recover' type operation? If apt can upgrade, can it also restore?
It would be like Steam, transparently download and update every game the user owns, silently sync savegames and settings using .Mac, share stats with other likeminded players, save screenshots and in-game videos to iLife...
I wouldn't put it past them. And if it's done well with reasonable games at reasonable prices, *and I can move game keys to iGames without paying anything else* then I'll get a Mac to play games on. I can't justify buying a Mac with no games (Sorry, but I like my PC games), nor can I justify buying a Mac then buying my whole collection again.
If all I need to do is punch in my CD key again and they appear in my 'available games' list in a Steam-esque fasion, then I'm sold.
That would be the "useful" bit.
iPod is useful (It plays music well with a useful interface) and stylish (It looks good). Combined with a good advertising campaign, it becomes a market leader.
Most players which aren't either iPods, or from the WMP DRM camp are functional (They play music with some kind of interface) and possibly stylish (They're not the size of a housebrick).
Hence iPods or devices which use the WMP DRM system are at the top.
But they may install to "All Users", so the icon appears in (gasp) the desktop for every user.
The shortcut was to the beta report tool, and was in the All Users folder, so it's fair game for it to be system owned and not meant for deletion 'because it was in your way'. If the beta report tool is in the actual release, then you can start to go "WTF is this icon doing?"
It's not only people fobbing off the law either. I've come across ones for Dragonball Z mods (of all things) saying if you are or were an employee of FUNimation Inc. then you can't enter the site.
Totally useless of course.
It's called insurance.