I've been participating in the Quake Live beta since November. IMHO they've done a really good job of bringing Quake 3 to the web. The game client is slick - just as fast as you would expect of the original. In game, I honestly can't tell the difference. The plugin interaction is quite smooth too, sitting neatly in your browser or running at full screen without issue.
The biggest feature is the whole system they've built around that, though.
Honestly as a web developer, I'm quite impressed. They've implemented a match-making/game-finding engine, a messaging client and friends system, and all the statistical tracking you could want, pretty much entirely in Javascript. To the unsuspecting web user, it looks and feels like a Flash application. I dislike the web's dependancy on Flash as much as the next Slashdotter (or web developer), so it really is a breath of fresh air.
To me it feels like Quake Live will make an excellent inter-office deathmatch game. The ability to jump into a game with one click, and have it launch from or live inside your browser is far less effort and disruption than any current alternative.
My only gripe is that they still don't have a Linux client. That pretty much rules out all of the developers at my work - the very same group who are likely to be up for a quick frag. That's a shame, because UT2k4 and OpenArena have never really caught on there... oh well.
We still have trams here in Australia, as well as a large number of buses.
They've always been an excellent method of getting people around IMO.
I for one welcome our welcome our government-sponsored-corporate AutoTramBus down-underlords.
Seriously though... this opencable platform has some undeniable hacking potential.
Replace a MythTV box with an opencable compatible media center application... in Java!
Somebody should do up some perl bindings...
The message seems to have been written by a left-handed person. Analysis of the vertical lines in the two partially decrypted stanzas show a consistant skew a few degrees to the left which increases towards the right side of the page.
Another clue on the psych path to decoding the SEKRIT MSGS !?
Hmm, as an Australian citizen, I think you're dreadfully misinformed.
No matter how bad it gets in Australia, it could only be worse in America or China (I'm NOT kidding about that, either). There... fixed that for you:)
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If a sperm is lab-created,
God gets quite irate!
I'm just doing this for the achievement!
I'm just doing this for the achievement!
Why would anyone propose a un-workable fusion starship? Duh.
fixed that for you.
I've been participating in the Quake Live beta since November. IMHO they've done a really good job of bringing Quake 3 to the web. The game client is slick - just as fast as you would expect of the original. In game, I honestly can't tell the difference. The plugin interaction is quite smooth too, sitting neatly in your browser or running at full screen without issue.
The biggest feature is the whole system they've built around that, though.
Honestly as a web developer, I'm quite impressed. They've implemented a match-making/game-finding engine, a messaging client and friends system, and all the statistical tracking you could want, pretty much entirely in Javascript. To the unsuspecting web user, it looks and feels like a Flash application. I dislike the web's dependancy on Flash as much as the next Slashdotter (or web developer), so it really is a breath of fresh air.
To me it feels like Quake Live will make an excellent inter-office deathmatch game. The ability to jump into a game with one click, and have it launch from or live inside your browser is far less effort and disruption than any current alternative.
My only gripe is that they still don't have a Linux client. That pretty much rules out all of the developers at my work - the very same group who are likely to be up for a quick frag. That's a shame, because UT2k4 and OpenArena have never really caught on there... oh well.
I have my fingers crossed.
And here I was thinking Ketamine was a KDE thing!
If that's a Markov chain, I'm impressed!
Parent is insightful, not a troll.
Oh for some mod points...
We still have trams here in Australia, as well as a large number of buses. They've always been an excellent method of getting people around IMO. I for one welcome our welcome our government-sponsored-corporate AutoTramBus down-underlords.
It's the data-centers and network rooms that should watch out, not the airports.
These things are perfect for use in MITM attacks.
I thought I was the only one!
Legend says it was used by the ancients to lure hordes of slashdotters to destroy teh internets and our realm.
Sorry imukuppi.org!
Think of it more as load-balancing...
They're not creating any more energy (thermodynamics, as you mentioned), but simply storing any excess produced for use during times of high load.
This is similar to existing methods used, eg. hydro-electric dams that use their excess energy to pump water back up the river.
It's like putting your change in a piggy bank, instead of throwing it in the gutter.
I don't get it! Was it gamers, spammers or pirates that they came for first ?!
I'd say she's more in the "gilf"-category, personally.
Seriously though... this opencable platform has some undeniable hacking potential. Replace a MythTV box with an opencable compatible media center application... in Java! Somebody should do up some perl bindings...
The message seems to have been written by a left-handed person. Analysis of the vertical lines in the two partially decrypted stanzas show a consistant skew a few degrees to the left which increases towards the right side of the page.
Another clue on the psych path to decoding the SEKRIT MSGS !?
Surely this would have been more an issue of his own motivations...
I don't think many theoretical physicists would relish the thought of having an entire nation on their back.
Hell yeah! You can't exactly use a keyboard if you're 'pooning though...
Have you purchased a fast car recently? Your post smacks of mid-life crisis.