All laptops i've used always give me warnings all the time, couldn't this oh so important CEO read the 30 minute warning and do something about it, instead of just keep working till it shuts down due to lack of power? With batteries getting worn out and such i do not see how in any case you can guarantee anything, what if the guy uses a lot of cpu intensive apps and therefore reduces the battery life compared to if he was only writing emails? If it was really that important, then why not ALWAYS calculate the worst case time? This bug is nothing more than a problem with a power saving feature, so it would still be well within a worst case estimate..
I am sorry but i find your logic flawed, and how switching from an Intel cpu that does between 3 and 4½ hours, to an AMD laptop that will do 2 hours will help you, is beyond me.
Sure you recommend that, but how are you going to explain, that even WITH this bug, the Core Duo has more power, and longer battery life than ANY of the others you mention? Had AMD owned a proper laptop chip i could understand you, but with their current lineup, pfft.. And besides, you would probably not notice a 10W increase in W on a desktop system, going from 70W to 80W isn't all that big a deal, but on a laptop it can mean a lot.. So you hate Intel all you want, but their new cpu is a damn fine laptop cpu, no matter how you twist it..
"Strangely, single-core systems and AMD systems are not affected."
So once again we have a chance to bash Intel, perfect!
Did you ever stop to consider that maybe that specific state, which cannot be reached, is only utilized by the Core Duo? Maybe if AMD had a laptop dual core chip we'd see the same behavior.. But hey, if we can make Intel look bad because of a Microsoft bug, then we are two for two!
What i meant was, they were down to a 2on2, of course they play 5on5, my point with the 2on2 was that all the predefined tactics were gone, the bomb was planted so the CT's had to be aggresive, just like the reciever being 1on1 with a cornerback in the NFL, something you could spend a lot of time watching in reply when he makes the great catch..
"First, it can't be live. There's no way to intelligently comment on a live video game, and essentially commentary is why people are watching. In most sports you can see displays of athletic prowess. Other sports (just using it as a term, don't want to debate what's a sport), like poker, you need interesting commentary. Poker is slow enough and widespread enough that there are a lot of people that are well-versed in it that can keep up with the game compellingly on live TV. Not so with video games. People aren't going to sit there watching someone else playing video games unless they're very dedicated, and downloaded replays are much more interactive."
Just like any other sport of course you can comment, what you comment on is what to do next, say there is a tricky 2vs2 in Counter-Strike, and one team has the bomb planted and the clear advantage, what on earth to do? The expert commentator explains how this situation can be won or lost, just like in poker the commentator talks about the chances of this and that.. Further more there is the aspect of money, very important when playing Counter-Strike, also a great subject for commentators to keep track of.. Furthermore a NFL commentator spends the most time with tactical stuff, or pointing out key plays, stuff like that, this can be done in a game too, because that 2vs2 could probably have ended very differently had something been changed.. Seriously, just because YOU do not understand the game, do not underestimate it.. It has plenty of dimensions.. Btw, the prime method for watching a Counter-Strike game is via HLTV - Halflife TV, there you are the producer and can do picture in picture, follow the player you like, or just roam around the map...
So, live games can be broadcasted for sure, succesfully for anyone who knows the game, like with any other sport really.
The same reason as you watch any other sport? You enjoy seeing people do something really good, sure I can play soccer, but i enjoy watching the big stars playing, i played soccer for 10 years, but do not play anymore, still I enjoy watching it, so why should CS be any different? The game has as many aspects as NFL, the tactics, the "hits", the individual performances, the trick play..
Just because you do not understand the sport, there is no reason to call it lame, nor look down at it, believe you me, when i watch baseball, being from Europe, I too think "what a weird sport"..
Uhm, big Counter-Strike matches often gather several thousand spectators on a daily basis, and REALLY big lan events gather 20000~40000 spectators, it is much much more than a puppet show.. This night alone more than 5000 people were spectating European matches, at the same time, and afterwards normally the replays of the matches gather the same number of downloads as people who watched them live..
"Stalin was wholly complicit in Hitler's agression against Czechoslovakia, Poland, and France, which means that in a very real way WORLD WAR TWO WAS TO A LARGE EXTENT STALIN'S DOING."
And where exactly was the USA when this happend? Oh they too ignored it, therefore, by your logic, the 2nd world war is to a large extent the USA's doing, how about that?
Nope, i do not own a DVD drive, nor CD drive, hell i dont even own a floppy drive, why would i? And in Europe it came on DVD's...
Sure i could have gone to the store, and i do like being outside, but i had the entire game preloaded and 5 minutes after i came home from school i was able to play, on the day of release..
Uhm, console players do not play on servers now all of a sudden? I do not know how it works, but in the CS world people setup FFA servers to play on, i do not own a console, and never will so i do not know about how it is done there, but having 200.000 people hosted by Microsoft or Valve servers seems kinda crazy..
Uhm, all consoles are the same? Arnt Microsoft pushing two versions, which happens to be one of the things Gabe is annoyed with?
HL2 was very well polished, and after release i got HL2:Deathmatch for free, 3 new maps for CS:S, how often do you console gamers get new maps for your games?
I like the game, and i liked valve getting the money because of the many hours of fun HL1 & CS gave me, therefore i thought they deserved my money more than someone who prints the cd's.. Sure it has nothing todo with the game, but this happens to be one of the things i like about steam..
Valve will either still be going strong, or they will have released a patch to allow offline play, and besides, Steam already offers offline play...
Oh btw, do you also whine and scream about DOS games you cannot play anymore? Missing the old 320x240 resolution? Sigh, your hate for steam clearly surpasses any logic, so this is a waste of time..
Yes, the same Gabe Newell who brought us some of the greatest games of all times.. Sigh, why should he spend a dime on doing a linux version? The marked is so small, and many will happily dualboot to play anyways..
And valve has ported their games to consoles, so your logic is flawed, what Gabe argues is that the code written for a PS3 cannot be reused for xbox360 or a PC, where as code written for a pc at the moment can be pretty much ported to an xbox or ps2 without recoding it all from scratch
I bought HL2, the first game in a few years.. Why? Steam..
I didn't have to buy a DVD-drive, i didn't have to leave my room, i ordered it via steam with my creditcard, preloaded the content, and played at the day of release.. I now enjoy patches without having to pay for fileplanet to download it, I enjoy being able to setup a dedicated server simply by running a simple commandline steam tool on my linux server, I enjoy valve doing hardware surveys to make it easier for everyone developing games, since you will get an idea of what the average gamer has in his machine, I enjoy valve releasing new models, maps and hotfixes on the run wihtout having to wait to gather it all in one patch...
And what i really enjoy? Valve getting my money when i buy their games, and no Vivendi, EA or whoever publish their games..
Why all you all bashing valve for this?! This has got to be the coolest way to get a game yet, you download it before its released, then pay and tada you got the game, no need to move out into the sunlight only to find the store hadn't gotten a copy yet, no need to install from crappy slow CD's which you have to change 4 times.. How can a geek NOT like this?!
PlanetSide already got ads for Intel on the loading screen, and tbh i doesnt really bother me, if it means more money for development, then they can fill the loading screen if you ask me!
I was at the university and saw the 3D model of the heart, i must say it was pretty impressive, navigating around a heart in a 3D image created from the MRI scans with two simple tools is very cool.. Also some details for the nerds, they used 12x200mhz cpus to create the feed of 3x60fps, pretty amazing what those old cpus were able to create:)
Hmm?
The quote is:
"Counter-strike Source will be available separate from Half-life 2, but will come out the same day."
To me it sounds very much like Source will still be with HL2, but there is also an option to buy it without, and besides during E3 they stated that CS:S would be free with HL2..
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All laptops i've used always give me warnings all the time, couldn't this oh so important CEO read the 30 minute warning and do something about it, instead of just keep working till it shuts down due to lack of power? With batteries getting worn out and such i do not see how in any case you can guarantee anything, what if the guy uses a lot of cpu intensive apps and therefore reduces the battery life compared to if he was only writing emails? If it was really that important, then why not ALWAYS calculate the worst case time? This bug is nothing more than a problem with a power saving feature, so it would still be well within a worst case estimate..
I am sorry but i find your logic flawed, and how switching from an Intel cpu that does between 3 and 4½ hours, to an AMD laptop that will do 2 hours will help you, is beyond me.
Sure you recommend that, but how are you going to explain, that even WITH this bug, the Core Duo has more power, and longer battery life than ANY of the others you mention? Had AMD owned a proper laptop chip i could understand you, but with their current lineup, pfft.. And besides, you would probably not notice a 10W increase in W on a desktop system, going from 70W to 80W isn't all that big a deal, but on a laptop it can mean a lot.. So you hate Intel all you want, but their new cpu is a damn fine laptop cpu, no matter how you twist it..
"Strangely, single-core systems and AMD systems are not affected."
So once again we have a chance to bash Intel, perfect!
Did you ever stop to consider that maybe that specific state, which cannot be reached, is only utilized by the Core Duo? Maybe if AMD had a laptop dual core chip we'd see the same behavior.. But hey, if we can make Intel look bad because of a Microsoft bug, then we are two for two!
Or because they placed the damn thing a few kilometers from Copenhagen making sure to make it uninhabital should a meltdown occur..
What i meant was, they were down to a 2on2, of course they play 5on5, my point with the 2on2 was that all the predefined tactics were gone, the bomb was planted so the CT's had to be aggresive, just like the reciever being 1on1 with a cornerback in the NFL, something you could spend a lot of time watching in reply when he makes the great catch..
"First, it can't be live. There's no way to intelligently comment on a live video game, and essentially commentary is why people are watching. In most sports you can see displays of athletic prowess. Other sports (just using it as a term, don't want to debate what's a sport), like poker, you need interesting commentary. Poker is slow enough and widespread enough that there are a lot of people that are well-versed in it that can keep up with the game compellingly on live TV. Not so with video games. People aren't going to sit there watching someone else playing video games unless they're very dedicated, and downloaded replays are much more interactive."
Just like any other sport of course you can comment, what you comment on is what to do next, say there is a tricky 2vs2 in Counter-Strike, and one team has the bomb planted and the clear advantage, what on earth to do? The expert commentator explains how this situation can be won or lost, just like in poker the commentator talks about the chances of this and that.. Further more there is the aspect of money, very important when playing Counter-Strike, also a great subject for commentators to keep track of.. Furthermore a NFL commentator spends the most time with tactical stuff, or pointing out key plays, stuff like that, this can be done in a game too, because that 2vs2 could probably have ended very differently had something been changed.. Seriously, just because YOU do not understand the game, do not underestimate it.. It has plenty of dimensions.. Btw, the prime method for watching a Counter-Strike game is via HLTV - Halflife TV, there you are the producer and can do picture in picture, follow the player you like, or just roam around the map...
So, live games can be broadcasted for sure, succesfully for anyone who knows the game, like with any other sport really.
The same reason as you watch any other sport? You enjoy seeing people do something really good, sure I can play soccer, but i enjoy watching the big stars playing, i played soccer for 10 years, but do not play anymore, still I enjoy watching it, so why should CS be any different? The game has as many aspects as NFL, the tactics, the "hits", the individual performances, the trick play..
Just because you do not understand the sport, there is no reason to call it lame, nor look down at it, believe you me, when i watch baseball, being from Europe, I too think "what a weird sport"..
Uhm, big Counter-Strike matches often gather several thousand spectators on a daily basis, and REALLY big lan events gather 20000~40000 spectators, it is much much more than a puppet show.. This night alone more than 5000 people were spectating European matches, at the same time, and afterwards normally the replays of the matches gather the same number of downloads as people who watched them live..
"Stalin was wholly complicit in Hitler's agression against Czechoslovakia, Poland, and France, which means that in a very real way WORLD WAR TWO WAS TO A LARGE EXTENT STALIN'S DOING." And where exactly was the USA when this happend? Oh they too ignored it, therefore, by your logic, the 2nd world war is to a large extent the USA's doing, how about that?
Nope, i do not own a DVD drive, nor CD drive, hell i dont even own a floppy drive, why would i? And in Europe it came on DVD's...
Sure i could have gone to the store, and i do like being outside, but i had the entire game preloaded and 5 minutes after i came home from school i was able to play, on the day of release..
Uhm, console players do not play on servers now all of a sudden? I do not know how it works, but in the CS world people setup FFA servers to play on, i do not own a console, and never will so i do not know about how it is done there, but having 200.000 people hosted by Microsoft or Valve servers seems kinda crazy..
Uhm, all consoles are the same? Arnt Microsoft pushing two versions, which happens to be one of the things Gabe is annoyed with?
HL2 was very well polished, and after release i got HL2:Deathmatch for free, 3 new maps for CS:S, how often do you console gamers get new maps for your games?
I like the game, and i liked valve getting the money because of the many hours of fun HL1 & CS gave me, therefore i thought they deserved my money more than someone who prints the cd's.. Sure it has nothing todo with the game, but this happens to be one of the things i like about steam..
Valve will either still be going strong, or they will have released a patch to allow offline play, and besides, Steam already offers offline play...
Oh btw, do you also whine and scream about DOS games you cannot play anymore? Missing the old 320x240 resolution? Sigh, your hate for steam clearly surpasses any logic, so this is a waste of time..
Yes, the same Gabe Newell who brought us some of the greatest games of all times.. Sigh, why should he spend a dime on doing a linux version? The marked is so small, and many will happily dualboot to play anyways..
And valve has ported their games to consoles, so your logic is flawed, what Gabe argues is that the code written for a PS3 cannot be reused for xbox360 or a PC, where as code written for a pc at the moment can be pretty much ported to an xbox or ps2 without recoding it all from scratch
I bought HL2, the first game in a few years.. Why? Steam..
I didn't have to buy a DVD-drive, i didn't have to leave my room, i ordered it via steam with my creditcard, preloaded the content, and played at the day of release.. I now enjoy patches without having to pay for fileplanet to download it, I enjoy being able to setup a dedicated server simply by running a simple commandline steam tool on my linux server, I enjoy valve doing hardware surveys to make it easier for everyone developing games, since you will get an idea of what the average gamer has in his machine, I enjoy valve releasing new models, maps and hotfixes on the run wihtout having to wait to gather it all in one patch...
And what i really enjoy? Valve getting my money when i buy their games, and no Vivendi, EA or whoever publish their games..
And Steam even does this aswell, if you start downloading counter-strike you will be able to play before all maps and such are downloaded..
Nah, dune 2 defined RTS, not Warcraft..
Do you have any documentation on this, or are you just making it up? :)
September 2003:
:)
MS Internet Explorer 97 %
Mozilla 1.4 %
Opera 0.8 %
Unknown 0.4 %
Netscape 0.1 %
September 2004:
MS Internet Explorer 78.4 %
Opera 9.7 %
Mozilla 8.1 %
Unknown 3.2 %
Netscape 0.2 %
the trend on my site seems fairly clear
Well duh, of course i dont have a faster internet connection, hence why they allow me to preload...
Why all you all bashing valve for this?! This has got to be the coolest way to get a game yet, you download it before its released, then pay and tada you got the game, no need to move out into the sunlight only to find the store hadn't gotten a copy yet, no need to install from crappy slow CD's which you have to change 4 times.. How can a geek NOT like this?!
PlanetSide already got ads for Intel on the loading screen, and tbh i doesnt really bother me, if it means more money for development, then they can fill the loading screen if you ask me!
I was at the university and saw the 3D model of the heart, i must say it was pretty impressive, navigating around a heart in a 3D image created from the MRI scans with two simple tools is very cool.. Also some details for the nerds, they used 12x200mhz cpus to create the feed of 3x60fps, pretty amazing what those old cpus were able to create :)
Hmm? The quote is: "Counter-strike Source will be available separate from Half-life 2, but will come out the same day." To me it sounds very much like Source will still be with HL2, but there is also an option to buy it without, and besides during E3 they stated that CS:S would be free with HL2..